Mother

Intro. Am     Am

Am                                
They killed a man for doing wrong 
F
today
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When all he ever did in life was 
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look the other way
Am                                
And with his verdict someone heard
     F
 him pray
                         C         
The crowd gathered around to see 
                G
the look on his face

F                   Am           
Will they ever know, the last 
         G
words he spoke.
F *
He Cried "Mother!"
Am
As the people stood and stared.
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          G
He Cried "Mother."
                    Am
And no one seemed to care.

Am                   F
Barely 25 years to his name
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Only the good die young it's too 
         G
hard to say
    Am                             
With a wife and child living back 
 F               C
at home far from here
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where he dies all alone

F                    Am
Will they ever know, the last words 
he spoke
F *
He Cried "Mother!"
Am
Ask the people ho were there
          G
He Cried "Mother."
               Am
And it sounded like a prayer

"Guitar and harp plays" 2 rounds

Am                                
They killed a man for doing wrong 
F
today " humming rest of the song "
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