Mother's Blues chords by Odetta

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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I
Went
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Down to the
River
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When that train came rollin' by,
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Em 
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I waved my hand at  my mama that I loved goin' down that
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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' will bring her back
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She's the only mother
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that I ever did love
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Em 
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Goin' down that railroad track
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C 
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Em 
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As I went down to that freight depot
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I looked upon the sun
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Thinking about the only mother
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That I ever had in this world
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Could not help from hangin' my head
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And cryin'
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Fare you well
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Fare you well
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She's gone, gone
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She's gone down that
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lonesome railroad track
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D 
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C 
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Em 
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She left me to sing this song
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C#dim 
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Dm 
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Gm 
Eb 
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As I  went down to that freight depot
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When that train came a -rollin' by
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C 
I waved my hands at
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Em 
my momma that I loved
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Goin' down that railroad track
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Goin' down that railroad track
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C 
Goin' down that railroad track
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