Chords for Hello Mother - THE CANTON SPIRITUALS

[C] _ _ _ _ I had a dream one night.
_ I dreamed that I went home to live with Jesus.
_ _ And when I got there, _ one of the first faces that I saw was Mama's face. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ And you know I [Am] began to sing [C] a song that I never sung in my life. _ _ _
Yes I did, and my song was
Hello _ Mother, _ _ _ I'm a male.
_ [Gm] _ _
[F] Hello _ _ _ Mother, _ _
[C] I'm a _ male. _ _
But sometimes, _ _ _ buddy wipe the tears.
_ [F] _ _ _
[C] And I made it [F] over, _ and I'm alright _ [C] _ now. _ _
Hello _ _ Mother, _ _ I'm a male. _ _ _ _
[F] I had to give up the right for a while sometimes. _
[C] But I made it _ over. _
But sometimes, _ _ _ buddy wipe the tears.
_ [F] _ _ _ [C]
I made it over.
[F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Gm] _ [C#] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
I'm a male.
_ _ [G] _ [F] Sometimes I felt burned out all the way.
_ [C] But I [G] made it over.
[C] Just like you told me, _ sometimes. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D#] Sometimes I [C] didn't know which way to turn.
_ _ _ But I kept on trying _ _ _ [F#] to stand [Cm] up straight.
_ _ _ [C] _ _
Sometimes the enemies _ _ were [D] all [C] around me.
_ _ But I didn't let that disturb me.
_ _ Because I always knew that it wouldn't be easy.
_ So I kept on singing.
_ _ _ And I kept on crying. _ _ _ _ _
Sometimes pain _ _ [Gm] was all [C] in my body.
_ _ But I kept on believing _ _ _ that tears would make a way for me.
_ _ [Gm] _ Every once [C] in a while, _ _ [Cm] [Gm] I had to bow [C] down on my knees sometimes.
_ _ Sometimes early in the morning.
_ _ _ Sometimes late in the midnight hour.
[D#] But [C] sometimes I made _ [F] it. _ _
[C] I made it.
[F] _ _ _
[C] I made _ [F] it. _ _
[C] Lord, I made [F] it. _ _ _
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