Kneeling Drunkards Plea

C         G7
Lord have mercy on me

                 F          C
Was the kneeling drunkard's plea

                      F
And as he knelt there on the ground

  C                G7            
I know that God in Heaven looked 
C
down


                  G7
I went down by an old country church

                   F           C
I saw the drunkard stagger and lurch

                      F
And as he reached his mother's grave

  C                 G7        C
I saw that drunkard kneel and pray


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C         G7
Lord have mercy on me

                 F          C
Was the kneeling drunkard's plea

                      F
And as he knelt there on the ground

  C                G7            
I know that God in Heaven looked 
C
down

C   F   C   G7 C

                 G7
Bring my darling boy to me

                F     C
Was his mothers dying plea

                   F
And as he staggered through the gate

     C                G7      C   C
Alas he came just one day too late


                        G7
Three years have passed since she 
went away

                    F          C
Her son is sleeping beside her today

                             F
And I know that in heaven his mother
 will see

    C                  G7         
For God has heard that drunkard's 
C
plea


C         G7
Lord have mercy on me

                 F          C
Was the kneeling drunkard's plea

                      F
And as he knelt there on the ground

  C                G7            
I know that God in Heaven looked 
C
down