Chords for Cynthia Clawson - My Mother's Faith

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_ [C] _ _ _ _ My _
[F] mother's arms would [C] hold us tight.
[Em] She _ [F] whispered, [Am] Lord, keep them [G] tonight.
_ [C] And so [F] did we, _ [C] sleep sound [Am] and safe.
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It must [F] have been [C] my _ mother's _ faith.
_ _ Morning would [F] call _ the [G] [C] sun to rise.
And open [F] _ _ [Am] _
sweetly _ [C] slumbering eyes.
She prayed, Lord, [F] _ _ [G] keep them on [Am] their _ way.
[Em] He held [F] us [C] in my mother's _ faith. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ My _ [F] mother's face _ _ [G] _ _
[B] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Em]
was [C] soft as down [F] the winter.
[G] And well [Am] the _ _ _ _ wind [Em] and [F] flowers _
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_ _ _ we ever _ _ _ say.
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At even _ time, dust for the field. _ _
Reluctant [F] [Am] moon _ the stars [G] _
revealed.
She [C] thanked him [F]
well as [G] through [Am] the day.
[C] As certain as [G] my [C] mother's _ faith.
My _ [F] mother's _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [G] soul was [C] deep _ as [G] any [F] ocean. _
[G] But to [Am] keep _ safe was [G] gathering _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ us all.
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The greatest _ gift she _ gave.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ When summer turned and we had grown.
_ Her passing _ [Am] called us _ [G] _ woeful home.
[C] I kissed her [F] then _
[G] as there [Am] she lay. _ _
_ [C] And now I know my _ mother's _ faith. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ And _ so does [F] she, _ _ _ sleep _ [G] _ sound and [Am] _ safe.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ It [Am] must have [G] _ [C] been _
[G] _ _ _ my _ _ _ [C] mother's faith. _ _ _ _
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