Hello Mother Chords by The Canton Spirituals

I had a dream one night.
[Cm] _ _ _
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I dreamed that I went home to live with Jesus. _
Can I get a witness?
_ _ And when I got there, _ one of the first faces that I saw was Mama's face.
[Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ I began to [Am] sing a song that I never sung in my life.
And my [C] song said,
Hello [Em] Mother,
Hello Mother,
[Gm] I [E] done made it over.
[Am] _ _ _
_ [Dm] Hello [Cm] Mother,
Hello [F] Mother,
_ [Em] I done made it over.
_ _ [G]
Nobody but [C] sometimes I [A] cry.
[Dm] _
But He watched until [Bb] Jesus from my life. _ _
[G] And I made it,
I made it [F] over. _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _
[A] I [C] done made it over.
_ You know [G] what?
I got mistreated [Dm] sometimes.
_ That's alright.
[Bm] [E] Still, I [Eb] made [D] it over.
And I don't know about y'all, but [A] sometimes I cry.
_ [D] _
I said sometimes I [Cm] cry. _
Is it [C] anybody here?
I [A] cry. _
[B] Ever had to [Em] cry sometimes?
I cry.
_ Sometimes [C] the enemies?
[Am] I cry.
How [C] many of y'all out there got [G] enemies?
I cry.
_ Sometimes the [C] enemies? I [A] cry.
Was [B] all the [Am] way around me?
I [C] cry.
But I kept on [E] singing?
I [G] cry.
_ [B] Kept on [E] praying?
I cry.
_ [B] Kept on praying?
[G] I cry. _ _ _
_ [C] I cry.
_ [Em] _ _
[Em] I want to ask you [A] something.
I [E] cry.
_ [Gm] How many of y'all ever have to cry sometimes?
I cry.
[C] Won't your [D] family make you cry sometimes?
[Cm] I cry.
Won't your [B] children [C] make you cry sometimes?
I cry.
_ [F] You're buying some [C] Reeboks?
I cry.
[G] And they want [C] some Nikes?
I cry.
[D] Ain't that [E] alright?
I cry.
[D] _ _ [B] _
[Am] _ [Em] I cry.
_ [Bm] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
[B] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Cm] _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
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[Cm] _ [E] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ I [D] _
[Cm] _ [E] _ _ [E] _ _ [Abm] know you're here.
I [E] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Dm] _
[C] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [B] _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
cry.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
[G] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[C] _ I cry.
[Bb] _ _ [A] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
I want [D] to ask you something.
_ _ _ [B]
I want to ask you just one thing.
[Am] I cry.
[Ab] Is there [C] anybody here?
I [D] cry.
[F] Is there anybody [C] here?
[Em] I cry.
[Am] _ [B] Never laid awake at night?
[E] I cry.
_ _ Couldn't sleep to stay alive?
I cry.
[Gm] _ Tossing [Am] and turning? I [Eb] cry.
_ [B] Tossing [C] and turning?
I cry.
[Eb] How many of y'all ever leaned out of [A] their bed?
[E] I cry.
[B] And got [E] down on your knees?
[D] I cry.
And said, [C] Scrooge, said,
I cry.
[A] _ _ Won't God fix it tonight?
I cry.
[G] Won't God fix it tonight? _
[C] _ I cry.
And let it all end on,
[D] He [C] watched the drills [G] in the sun last night? _
I cry.
I made it, [Am] y'all.
I made it.
I [Dm] _ [C] made _ _ [Am] _ it.
I made it.
[Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
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