Chords for Coats / Hazel Dickens / Alice Gerrard, 1967: The Sweetest Gift, A Mother's Smile
Tempo:
77.85 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
F
Eb
Fm
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Bb] [Ebm] [Bb]
[F] [Bb]
One day a mother came to a prison to see [F] Anne-Marie, my [Bb] precious son.
She told the warden how much she loved him.
[F] It did not matter what [Bb] he had done.
She did not bring to him her arm.
She [Fm] brought no silver [F] to [Bb] see.
It was a halo, [Eb]
the [Bb] sweetest gift a [F] [Bb] mother's got.
[D] [Eb]
[Bb] [Bb]
Her boy had wandered far from the fireside, though [F] she had bleated with [Bb] him each night.
Yet not a word did she ever utter that told [F] her heartache.
Her smile [Bb] was bright.
She did not bring to him her pardon.
She brought [F] no silver for [Bb] the first time to see.
It was a halo, [Eb] the
[Bb] sweetest gift [F] a [Bb] mother's got.
[Eb]
[Bb] She [Bb]
left a smile you can remember.
She's [F] gone to heaven from [Bb] heartache free.
The bars around you will never change.
You [F] were her baby and [Bb] there will be.
She did not bring to him her pardon.
She brought [F] no silver for [Bb] the first time to see.
It was a halo, [Eb]
the [Bb] sweetest [F] gift a [Bb] mother's got.
It was a halo, [D] [Eb] the [Bb] sweetest gift [Fm] a [Bb] mother's
[F] [Bb]
One day a mother came to a prison to see [F] Anne-Marie, my [Bb] precious son.
She told the warden how much she loved him.
[F] It did not matter what [Bb] he had done.
She did not bring to him her arm.
She [Fm] brought no silver [F] to [Bb] see.
It was a halo, [Eb]
the [Bb] sweetest gift a [F] [Bb] mother's got.
[D] [Eb]
[Bb] [Bb]
Her boy had wandered far from the fireside, though [F] she had bleated with [Bb] him each night.
Yet not a word did she ever utter that told [F] her heartache.
Her smile [Bb] was bright.
She did not bring to him her pardon.
She brought [F] no silver for [Bb] the first time to see.
It was a halo, [Eb] the
[Bb] sweetest gift [F] a [Bb] mother's got.
[Eb]
[Bb] She [Bb]
left a smile you can remember.
She's [F] gone to heaven from [Bb] heartache free.
The bars around you will never change.
You [F] were her baby and [Bb] there will be.
She did not bring to him her pardon.
She brought [F] no silver for [Bb] the first time to see.
It was a halo, [Eb]
the [Bb] sweetest [F] gift a [Bb] mother's got.
It was a halo, [D] [Eb] the [Bb] sweetest gift [Fm] a [Bb] mother's
Key:
Bb
F
Eb
Fm
D
Bb
F
Eb
[Bb] _ _ [Ebm] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
One day a mother came to a prison to see [F] Anne-Marie, my [Bb] precious son.
She told the warden how much she loved him.
[F] It did not matter what [Bb] he had done.
She did not bring to him her arm. _
She [Fm] brought no silver [F] to [Bb] _ see.
It was a halo, _ _ [Eb] _ _
the [Bb] sweetest gift a [F] [Bb] mother's got. _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
Her boy had wandered far from the _ fireside, though [F] she had bleated with [Bb] him each night.
Yet not a word did she ever utter that told [F] her heartache.
Her smile [Bb] was bright.
She did not bring to him her pardon.
She brought [F] no silver for [Bb] the first time to see.
It was a halo, [Eb] the _ _
_ [Bb] sweetest gift [F] a [Bb] mother's got.
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Bb] _ She _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ left a smile you can remember.
She's [F] gone to heaven from [Bb] heartache free.
The bars around you will never change.
You [F] were her baby and [Bb] there will be.
She did not bring to him her pardon.
She brought [F] no silver for [Bb] the first time to see.
It was a halo, _ _ [Eb] _ _
the [Bb] sweetest [F] gift a [Bb] mother's got.
It was a halo, _ [D] _ [Eb] the _ _ [Bb] sweetest gift [Fm] a [Bb] mother's
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
One day a mother came to a prison to see [F] Anne-Marie, my [Bb] precious son.
She told the warden how much she loved him.
[F] It did not matter what [Bb] he had done.
She did not bring to him her arm. _
She [Fm] brought no silver [F] to [Bb] _ see.
It was a halo, _ _ [Eb] _ _
the [Bb] sweetest gift a [F] [Bb] mother's got. _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
Her boy had wandered far from the _ fireside, though [F] she had bleated with [Bb] him each night.
Yet not a word did she ever utter that told [F] her heartache.
Her smile [Bb] was bright.
She did not bring to him her pardon.
She brought [F] no silver for [Bb] the first time to see.
It was a halo, [Eb] the _ _
_ [Bb] sweetest gift [F] a [Bb] mother's got.
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Bb] _ She _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ left a smile you can remember.
She's [F] gone to heaven from [Bb] heartache free.
The bars around you will never change.
You [F] were her baby and [Bb] there will be.
She did not bring to him her pardon.
She brought [F] no silver for [Bb] the first time to see.
It was a halo, _ _ [Eb] _ _
the [Bb] sweetest [F] gift a [Bb] mother's got.
It was a halo, _ [D] _ [Eb] the _ _ [Bb] sweetest gift [Fm] a [Bb] mother's