Mother's Blues (Little Children Blues) chords by Lead Belly
Intro 1
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Gm
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Verse 1
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(spoken: These blues, little chil
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dren made about somebody that's gone away
And that's sad,
and that gives you the blues)
Verse 2
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As I went down to the freight depot
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Am
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That train come a- rollin' by
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I waved my hand at my
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mama that I loved
Verse 3
Goin' down that railroad track
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She's gone, she's gone,
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she's gone, she's gone
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And no cryin' won't
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bring her back
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She's the only mother that
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I ever did love
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Goin' down that railroad track
Verse 4
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I went down to the freight depot
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And looked up on the sign
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She's the only mother that I
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ever did love, in this world
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I was hanging my head and
Interlude 1
cryin'
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Verse 5
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Twas fare you well, fare you well
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And she's gone, she's gone,
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she's gone
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She's gone down that lonesome railroad,
this track
And she left me to weep
Outro 1
and sing this song
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Mother's Blues (Little Children Blues)
Lead Belly
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