MOTHER'S NOT DEAD (SHE'S ONLY A-SLEEPING)
Recorded by: Charlie Monroe & His Kentucky Pardners
Writer: Charlie Monroe
st FRET/KEY: G#/PLAY: G
G I Left my old home way back in the D7 mountains
Mother was called to heaven that G day
They carried my mother up to the D7 graveyard
Ev'rything's lonesome since she went a-{G} way.
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G Mother's Not Dead, she's only a-{D7} sleeping
Just patiently waiting for Jesus to G come
The birds will be singing while mother lies D7 sleeping
They will sing o'er her as the grave fades a-{G} way.
Nothing seems right around the old home place
Even the place where we used to play
I love my old home way back in the mountains
But ev'rything's changed since she went away.
CHORUS
Mother was good and now she's in heaven
She was the best pal a boy ever had
I still love my home way back in the mountains
But without you mother, a heart aches so sad.
CHORUS
SOURCE:
BLUEGRASS FOR COLLECTORS/Various Artists
1980 RCA Camden ACL-7081