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Mother's Blues Chords

Music by: Odetta
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[Intro 1]
[Gm][G][D][Gm][G][C][G]
[C][G]
[Em][G][D][G][Dm]
[D]As

[Verse 1]
[G]I
Went
[D]Down to [G]the
River
When that [C]train came [G]rollin' by,
I [C]waved my hand [Gm]at m[G]y mama that I loved go[Em]in' do[G]wn that
[Dm]railroad [D]track.[G]
She's gone, [D]she's gone,
she's [Gm]gone, [G]she's gone
And no [C]cryin' will bring her [G]back[Gm]
[C]She's the only mother
that I [Gm]ever did love
[G]Goin' [Em]down[G] that railroad[D] track[G]
[D][G][C]
[G][D][G][C][G][Em][G][D]
[G]
As I went down [C]to [G]that freight depot
[C]I looked upon the s[G]un[D]
[Gm]Thinking a[C]bout the only mother
That I ever [Gm]had in this world
[Em]Could not [G]help from [D]hangin' my head
And [G]cryin'[D]
[G]Fare you well
[D]Fare [G]you well
She's [C]gone, [Gm]gone[G]
She's [C]gone down that
lonesome rail[G]road track
[Em]She left m[G]e [D]to sing [G]this s[C]ong[G][Em][C]
[G][C#dim][Em][C][G][Em]
[G][Dm][D][G]
[D]As [G]I went d[Gm]own t[Eb]o that f[D]reig[G]ht depot
[C]When that train came a [G]-rollin' by
[D]I w[G]aved my h[C]ands at
my momma [G]that I [Em]loved
Goin' [G]down that [D]railroad [G]track
[C]Goin' [G]down that [D]railroad [G]track
Goin' down [D]that railroad [G]track[C]
you
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