Chords for You Only Have One Mother

_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
I [D] _ _ _ _ was drinking one night in a bar room, _ [A] in the usual confusion [D] and noise, _ [G] at a table
[D] with three or four others.
_ _ [A] One was no more than a boy.
_ He was reading a note from his
sister.
_ [A] It had come by the postman [D] that day.
_ With [G] a careless [D] grin he was reading the letter
aloud, [A] and listening I heard him say, _ _ _
[A] You'll only have one mother, _ you won't miss her till
she [D] has gone.
_ _ You'll [F#m] never find [D] another _ [A] with a love for you so strong.
_ [D] If you'll come back
she'll forgive [G#] you for [G] the times you've gone [F#] astray.
_ [G] Oh, won't you [D] come home to see her
[A] before she's called [D] away? _
The old lady, _ oh, the old [G] lady, oh, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the old [A] lady.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ Then I noticed [A] the bearded old miner. _
[A] He smiled rather sadly [D] and said, _ [G] Now listen to me, young fellow, me lad, [A] with his hand
on the young man's head.
_ _ I've rambled all over this country, _ and for years in my heart
I've [D] felt pain, _ _ [G] because I [D] ran off from my parents, and I [A] never will see them again.
_ [C#] _ _ You'll only have one mother, _ _ you won't miss her till she has [D] gone. _
You'll [Gm] never find another _
[A] with a love for you so strong. _
[B] [D] If you'll go home she'll forgive you for the [G] times you've gone
[F#] astray.
_ Oh, [G] won't you [D] go home to see _ her before [A] she's called [D] away?
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
The old lady, oh, [A] the old lady, oh, the old _ _ _ _ lady. _
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