Key: Eb major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
the blues from my mother's knee
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And I know she got the blues from me
I been thinkin' all day
Thinkin' about the past
thinkin' about the past
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Well I been thinkin' about
Verse 2
what do you suppose it read?
Have you seen the letter,
what do you suppose it read?
It said "Come on home,
your poor mother's dead"
Then I grabbed a train and I went
home a- flyin'
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She wasn't dead but she was
slowly dyin'
Verse 3
fall down on your knees"
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Oh and she sang "Nearer,
My God, to Thee"
Nearer, My God, to Thee
I said, Nearer, my God, to Thee
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Mm mm mm, Nearer, my God,
Interlude 1
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Verse 4
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I fell right down, I began to moan
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"Yes, dear mother,
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I'll try to sing that song"
But the tears rolled down
like showers of rain
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Verse 5
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And I ran away with this pain in my heart
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And I ran away, pain in my heart
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there to take my part
I'm a wayward girl
I'm a wayward girl
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I'm a wayward girl, hey
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'Cause I had no mother there to take my part,
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Verse 6
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'Cause I had no mother there
to take my part
I'm a wayward girl
I'm a wayward girl
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Ooh ooh, hey hey
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to Thee
I'm a wayward girl
I'm a wayward girl
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Well, I'm a wayward
Outro 1
girl
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