Lyrics - Mother The Queen Of My Heart by Guthrie Arlo

Mother, the
Queen of
My
Heart
SOURCE:
Bob
Pfeffer
SOURCE'
S
SOURCE:
Arlo
Guthrie
COMMENTS:
A
Jimmy
Rodgers song
TEXT: (
Capo up to
D)
C
G7
C
C7
I had a home down in
Texas
F
CDown where the bluebonnets grew
G7
C a
I had the kindest old mother
D7
G
G7
How happy we were, just we two
C
G7
CThen one day the angels called her
C7
FSaid they, we'd all have to pay
F
C a
She called me close to her bedside
C
G7
CThese last few words to say
Son, don't start drinkin' and gamblin'
Promise you'll always go straight
Ten years have passed since that parting
That promise
I broke by mistake
I started in gambling for pastime
At last
I was just like them all
I bet my clothes and my money
Not dreaming that
I'd ever fall
One night
I bet all my money
Nothing was left to be seen
And all that
I needed to beat them
Was one card, and that was the queen
The cards were dealt all round the table
Each one took a card in the draw
And
I drew the one that would beat them
I turned it and here's what
I saw
I saw my mother's picture
And somehow she seemed to say"
Son, you have broken your promise"
So
I tossed the cards all away
The winnings
I gave to the newsboy
I knew
I was wrong from the start
And
I'll never forget my promise
To my mother, the queen of my heart
YODEL:
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G7
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