Guthrie Arlo Mother The Queen Of My Heart lyrics

Mother The Queen Of My Heart by Guthrie Arlo

Mother The Queen Of My Heart lyrics

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                           C
Down 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            C
Then one day the angels called her
       C7                    F
Said they, we'd all have to pay
     F                      C     a
She called me close to her bedside
       C        G7       C
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
       D7  G7  C
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