Chords for Merle Haggard. Mother queen of my heart.
Tempo:
84.65 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
D
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] I had a home down [C] in Texas, [F] down where the blue [C] bonnets grew.
[G] I [D] had the kindest [C] old mother, [Dm] how [D] happy we were [G] just the two.
Till [C] one day the angels called her, that debt we all [F] have to pay.
She called me close to [C] her bedside, [G] these last few [C] words to say.
Son, don't [G] start drinking [C] and gambling, [F]
promise you'll always [C] go straight.
[G] Ten years have [C] passed since we parted, [Dm] that promise I broke I [G] must say.
[C] I started gambling fast time, at last I was just like them [F] all.
I bet my clothes [C] and my money, [G] never dreaming that [C] I'd ever fall.
One night I bet all my money, [F] nothing was left [C] to be seen.
[F] [D] All that I needed [C] to break them, [D] was one card and that [G] was a queen.
[C] The cards were dealt round the table, each man took a card on [F] the draw.
I drew the one [C] that would beat them, [G] I turned it and [C] here's what I saw.
I [G] saw my [C] mother's picture, [F] somehow she [C] seemed to say.
[G] Son, you have [C] broken your promise, [A] [D] so I tossed the cards [G] away.
[C] My winnings I gave to a newsboy, [Am] I knew I was wrong from [F] the start.
I'll never forget [C] that promise, to the [G] mother, the queen [C] of my heart.
Oh, Delaney, oh, [G] oh Delaney, oh, [C] oh Delaney.
[G] I [D] had the kindest [C] old mother, [Dm] how [D] happy we were [G] just the two.
Till [C] one day the angels called her, that debt we all [F] have to pay.
She called me close to [C] her bedside, [G] these last few [C] words to say.
Son, don't [G] start drinking [C] and gambling, [F]
promise you'll always [C] go straight.
[G] Ten years have [C] passed since we parted, [Dm] that promise I broke I [G] must say.
[C] I started gambling fast time, at last I was just like them [F] all.
I bet my clothes [C] and my money, [G] never dreaming that [C] I'd ever fall.
One night I bet all my money, [F] nothing was left [C] to be seen.
[F] [D] All that I needed [C] to break them, [D] was one card and that [G] was a queen.
[C] The cards were dealt round the table, each man took a card on [F] the draw.
I drew the one [C] that would beat them, [G] I turned it and [C] here's what I saw.
I [G] saw my [C] mother's picture, [F] somehow she [C] seemed to say.
[G] Son, you have [C] broken your promise, [A] [D] so I tossed the cards [G] away.
[C] My winnings I gave to a newsboy, [Am] I knew I was wrong from [F] the start.
I'll never forget [C] that promise, to the [G] mother, the queen [C] of my heart.
Oh, Delaney, oh, [G] oh Delaney, oh, [C] oh Delaney.
Key:
C
G
F
D
Dm
C
G
F
_ _ _ _ [G] I had a home down [C] in Texas, _ [F] down where the blue [C] bonnets grew.
_ [G] I [D] had the kindest [C] old mother, [Dm] how [D] happy we were [G] just the two.
Till [C] one day the angels called her, that debt we all [F] have to pay.
_ She called me close to [C] her bedside, [G] these last few [C] words to say. _
Son, don't [G] start drinking [C] and gambling, _ [F]
promise you'll always [C] go straight.
[G] Ten years have [C] passed since we parted, [Dm] that promise I broke I [G] must say.
[C] I started gambling fast time, at last I was just like them [F] all.
I bet my clothes [C] and my money, [G] never dreaming that [C] I'd ever fall.
_ One night I bet all my money, _ [F] nothing was left [C] to be seen. _
[F] [D] All that I needed [C] to break them, [D] was one card and that [G] was a queen.
_ [C] The cards were dealt round the table, _ each man took a card on [F] the draw.
_ I drew the one [C] that would beat them, [G] I turned it and [C] here's what I saw.
_ I [G] saw my [C] mother's picture, _ [F] somehow she [C] seemed to say.
_ [G] Son, you have [C] broken your promise, [A] _ [D] so I tossed the cards [G] away. _
[C] My winnings I gave to a newsboy, [Am] I knew I was wrong from [F] the start.
I'll never forget [C] that promise, to the [G] mother, the queen [C] of my heart.
Oh, Delaney, oh, [G] oh Delaney, oh, [C] oh Delaney. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] I [D] had the kindest [C] old mother, [Dm] how [D] happy we were [G] just the two.
Till [C] one day the angels called her, that debt we all [F] have to pay.
_ She called me close to [C] her bedside, [G] these last few [C] words to say. _
Son, don't [G] start drinking [C] and gambling, _ [F]
promise you'll always [C] go straight.
[G] Ten years have [C] passed since we parted, [Dm] that promise I broke I [G] must say.
[C] I started gambling fast time, at last I was just like them [F] all.
I bet my clothes [C] and my money, [G] never dreaming that [C] I'd ever fall.
_ One night I bet all my money, _ [F] nothing was left [C] to be seen. _
[F] [D] All that I needed [C] to break them, [D] was one card and that [G] was a queen.
_ [C] The cards were dealt round the table, _ each man took a card on [F] the draw.
_ I drew the one [C] that would beat them, [G] I turned it and [C] here's what I saw.
_ I [G] saw my [C] mother's picture, _ [F] somehow she [C] seemed to say.
_ [G] Son, you have [C] broken your promise, [A] _ [D] so I tossed the cards [G] away. _
[C] My winnings I gave to a newsboy, [Am] I knew I was wrong from [F] the start.
I'll never forget [C] that promise, to the [G] mother, the queen [C] of my heart.
Oh, Delaney, oh, [G] oh Delaney, oh, [C] oh Delaney. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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