D G D A Bm A

[Chorus]
D               G       D
Mother, mother, make my bed
A             Bm      A
Make for me a winding sheet
D               G     A  Bm
Wrap me up in a cloak of gold
A              Bm A Bm A
See if I can't sleep
D               G       D
Mother, mother, make my bed
A             Bm      A
Make for me a winding sheet
D               G     A  Bm
Wrap me up in a cloak of gold
A               Bm A Bm A
See if I can't sleep

[Post-chorus]
F#m Bm D F#m x2

[Verse 1]
D        F#m    D             F#m
Four and twenty bonnie bonnie boys
B              A
Playing at the ball
D     F#m  D          F#m
Along came Little Sir Hugh
B                   C#
He played with them all
   A
He kicked the ball very high
   E                  Bm   D
He kicked the ball so low
   A         E        F#m     E
He kicked it over the castle  wall
      A      E        F#m  Bm  D F#m
Where no-one dared to go

[Verse 2]
D   F#m    D    F#m
Out came a lady gay
B                  A
She was dressed in green
D     F#m  D        F#m
"Come in, come in, Little Sir Hugh,
B                   C#
Fetch your ball again"
   A
"I won't come in, I can't come in
   E                  Bm   D
Without my playmates all"
   A         E        F#m     E
For if I should I know you would
A      E          A      F#m  Bm  D F#m D A7
Cause my blood to fall"

[Chorus]
D               G       D
Mother, mother, make my bed
A             Bm      A
Make for me a winding sheet
D               G     A  Bm
Wrap me up in a cloak of gold
A              Bm A Bm A
See if I can't sleep
D               G       D
Mother, mother, make my bed
A             Bm      A
Make for me a winding sheet
D               G     A  Bm
Wrap me up in a cloak of gold
A               Bm A Bm A
See if I can't sleep
D  A   D   A

[Verse 3]
D        F#m    D             F#m    B              A
She took him by the milk white hand, and led him to the hall
D     F#m  D          F#m           B                   C#
Until they came to a stone chamber, where no one could hear him call
   A                    E                  Bm   D
She sat him on a golden chair, she gave him sugar sweet,
   A         E        F#m     E      A      E         A F#m  Bm  D F#m
She lay him on a dressing board and stabbed him like a sheep

[Verse 4]
D        F#m    D             F#m    B              A
Out came the thick thick blood, out came the thin
D     F#m  D          F#m           B                   C#
Out came the bonny heart's blood till there was none within
   A                    E                  Bm   D
She took him by the yellow hair, and also by the feet
   A         E        F#m     E      A   F#m  Bm  D F#m
She threw him in the old draw well, fifty fathoms deep

[Chorus]
D               G       D
Mother, mother, make my bed
A             Bm      A
Make for me a winding sheet
D               G     A  Bm
Wrap me up in a cloak of gold
A              Bm A Bm A
See if I can't sleep
D               G       D
Mother, mother, make my bed
A             Bm      A
Make for me a winding sheet
D               G     A  Bm
Wrap me up in a cloak of gold
A               Bm A Bm A
See if I can't sleep
D               G       D
Mother, mother, make my bed
A             Bm      A
Make for me a winding sheet
D               G     A  Bm
Wrap me up in a cloak of gold
A              Bm A Bm A
See if I can't sleep