Year: 1958 - Album: Songs Our Daddy Taught Us
Written by Don Everly/Phil Everly/Traditional
Intro: D
D
Mother dear come bathe my forehead
G A
For I?m growing very weak
D A D
Mother let one drop of water
A D
Fall upon my burning cheek
G D
I?m going away to leave you mother darling
G A
And remember what I say
D A D
Do this won?t you please dear mother
A D
Put my little shoes away
D A D
Santa Claus he brought them to me
G A
With a lot of other things
D A D
I believe he brought an Angel
A D
With a pair of golden wings
D A D
Tell my loving little playmates
G A
That I never more will play
D A D
Give them all my toys but mother
A D
Put my little shoes away
G D
I?m going away to leave you mother darling
G A
And remember what I say
D A D
Do this won?t you please dear mother
A D
Put my little shoes away
You can also play with no capo and do Eb Ab Bb instead of D G A
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