Chords for Tell Mother I'll Meet Her - Norman and Nancy Blake

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_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ In a far and distant village [Eb] dying at the [Bb] close of day,
Was a fair-haired boy who wandered far [F] from home.
[Bb] Take this message to my mother when [Eb] my work on [Bb] earth is through,
Tell her that her boy will meet her in the [F] land beyond [Bb] the blue.
_ In his [Dm] hand he [Bb] held a picture [Eb] of the old home [Bb] far away,
In the other, t'was a mother [F] old and gray.
_ [Bb] While in accents low he whispered, she [Eb] will know that I [Bb] was true,
Tell her that her boy will meet her in the [F] land [Bb] beyond the blue.
_ _ Tell my mother _
_ [Eb] I will meet her [Bb] when my works of love [F] and labor all are through,
[Bb] Where the good of earth are gathered [Eb] with the faithful [Bb] and the true,
Tell her that her boy will meet her in the land [F] beyond [Bb] the blue.
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_ _ Tis my last good night, he [Eb] whispered, angels gather [Bb] round my bed,
Soon will all my friends and loved [F] ones I shall meet.
[Bb] Down the valley of the shadow [Eb] he will lead [Bb] me safely through,
Tell her that her boy will meet her in the land [F] [Bb] beyond the blue.
To the old home came a message, [Eb] t'was to mother [Bb] from her boy,
Alas for her the [Dm] message [F] came too late,
[Bb] For that day the angels called her [Eb] to the faithful [Bb] and the true,
The night she dwells with Willie _ in the land [F] beyond [Bb] the blue. _ _
Tell my mother _ _ [Eb] I will meet her [Bb] when my works of love and [F] labor all are through,
[Bb] Where the good of earth are gathered [Eb] with the faithful [Bb] and the true,
Tell her that her boy will meet her in the land [F] [Bb] beyond the blue.
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