Paroles de Mother the queen of my heart

Mother, the queen of my heart
Source: bob pfeffer
Source's source: arlo guthrie
Comments: a jimmy rodgers song
Text: (capo up to d)
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I had a home down in texas
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Down where the bluebonnets grew
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I had the kindest old mother
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How happy we were, just we two
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Then one day the angels called her
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Said they, we'd all have to pay
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She called me close to her bedside
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These 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: c g7 c a
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Filename( mqnheart
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