Chords for John Stewart - Mother Country - April 2007

_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
_ This last song _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ is [G] _ _ a true story.
_ _ The whole [Eb] thing is a [C] true story. _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[G] _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [G]
There [C] was a story in the San Francisco Chronicle [C] that I forgot to [F] save. _ _
[C] _ _ But it was about a lady who lived in the good old [F] days.
[G] _ _
[C] _ When a century was born, a century [F] died.
_ [G] _
And about the good [F] old days, the old [G] lady replied, she said,
_ [F] _ [G] you know, there were just a lot [Am] of people [G] doing the best they could.
_ _ Yeah, she said that the good old [F] days, well, there were just [G] a lot of people. _
[F] And they were doing [G] the best [C] they could. _
_ [F] _ [G] And then the lady said that [F] they did it pretty up and [G] walking good. _
_ [F] _ _ [G] Whatever happened to those [F] faces in the old [G] [C] photographs?
I [F] mean [B] the little [C] boys.
[F] _ _ [C] Boys, well, they were [Fm] men who stood knee deep in the [F] Johnstown mud.
_ [C] During the time of that terrible [F] flood, when they [G] listened to the water, _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] _ [G] that awful [C] noise, _
[F] _ _ [C] and then they just put away [F] the dreams [C] that _ _
[F] belonged to little [C] boys. _ _
_ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ And oh, the sun is going [Am] down [D] for Mr.
[G] Poig. _ _
_ And [E] he's singing _ with [Am] his class, [D] _ _ [G] 19-2.
_ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[G] _ And he's [C] singing, oh, _ _ [F] mother country, _ [G] I do [C] love you.
_ [F] _ _ [G] And [C] oh, _ _ mother country, _ [G] I do [C] love you.
[F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [C] I knew a man named E.A. Stewart.
He's spelled [G] S-T-U, [C] A-R-T-E.
[F] _ And he owned some of the [F] finest horses I think I've ever [C] seen. _
And he had [G] one favorite.
[C] _ Oh, and she was a champion, the old Cam Daener.
[G] And [G] _ [C] _ _
_ _ he called her _ sweetheart on [G] parade. _ _
[F] She was [C] easily the finest horse [F] that the good Lord ever made.
[C] _ _ _
But old E.A. Stewart, _ _
_ [G] he knew [C] that he was going blind.
[F] _ And he said, [C] before I go, _
_ [G] told the boys [C] around the tech room one [F] day, he said,
before [C] I go, I'm going to [G] drive her one [C] more time. _
[F] _ _ _ [C] So people heard about it [Em] because they came.
[C] They came from miles around just to stand around the ring. _ _
_ [G] _ [C] But no one said a word, you know, in that whole crowd of people. _
No [G] one said a thing.
[C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ And then [Fm] here they come, _ [C] _ _
E [G].A. Stewart [C] in the wagon right behind.
And _ _ _ [F] _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
[C] he's sitting [G] straight and [C] proud too. _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ [G] And he's driving her [D] stone blind. _ _
_ [G] And [C] would you look at her. _
[F] Oh, she [C] never looked better. _
[G] Never went finer than today. _
[F] E.A. [C] Stewart and the old Cam Daener.
_ [G] Sweetheart [C] on parade.
_ [Fm] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ [G] _ [C] Around the ring they went, E.A. Stewart sitting up straight and tall.
[Fm] _ _ [F] _ [C] Sweetheart on parade had her head held [A] high.
And [D] all the people cheered.
[G] _ _ [C] _
I even saw a grown man break right down and cry.
[F] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] And you know it was just a little while later. _ _ _ _ _
_ Just a little while later.
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ Then old E [G].A. Stewart [C] died.
_ [F] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
Oh, the sun _ _ is going [Am] down _ [D] for Mr.
[G] Boyd _ _ as he's [E] singing _ _ with his [Am] class [D] of _ _ [G] _ 1902.
[F] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[G] _ He's [C] singing, oh, _ _ [A] mother _ [F]
country, [G] _ I do [C] love you.
_ _ [G] _ And [C] oh, _ _ _ [F] country, _ _ [G] I do love you.
_ [A] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ Thank you very much.
Thank you. _
_ _ _ _ _
Thank you so much. _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
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