Chords for Blind Willie Johnson Mother’s Children Have A Hard Time

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When, when, when, _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
ha, ha, [Gm] ha, [A] _ _ _
ha, ha.
Mother let children have a hard time.
_ _ [D] Mother let children have a hard time.
Mother did.
I don't have anywhere to go.
Wandering around from door to door.
Have a hard time. _ _
_ Nobody or night can take a mother's place.
When mother is dead, Lord.
Why don't night take mother's place when mother died?
Why don't night take mother's place?
When it was starting to fade away.
Nobody treats you like mother will. _ _
_ Your wife, your husband may be good to you.
When mother is dead, Lord.
May be good to you.
Mother did.
Your wife, your husband may be good to you.
But there ain't nobody else to prove untrue.
Nobody treats you like mother will.
When mother is [A] dead, Lord.
_ _ _ _ _ La, la, la.
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Hey, well.
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_ Ha, [D] ha, ha. _ _ _ _
[A] Well, some [D] people say that's just a widow. _
When mother is dead.
That's just a widow when mother dead.
Some people say that's just a widow.
But soon as she married, she turned her back on him.
Nobody treats you like mother will. _ _ _
And father will do the best he can.
When mother is dead, Lord.
Well, the best he can when mother dead. _
Well, do the best he can.
Show me the thing that father can do.
Nobody treats you like mother will. _ _ _
[A] Hey, mother, the children have a hard time.
When [D] mother is dead, Lord.
Mother, the children have a hard time.
Mother dead. _
Well, I have anywhere to go.
One day to run from door to door.
[Dm] Have a hard time. _ _ _
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