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Hank Thompson - I Saw My Mother's Name (Chord)
Album: Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys (1946-1964) (1996)
Submitter: texasisalive (26) on 9/18/03
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Hank Thompson
I SAW MY MOTHER'S NAME


(C) Your daddy was a gambling man
My (C7) mother (F) said to (C) me (C7) ...
He (F) left me (C) when you (Em) were a (Am) child
But he was (C) all this (G7) world to (C) me.

I know your daddy loved me too
For tattooed on his arm
Was a heart of love that bore my name
And was his good luck charm.

I didn't heed my mother's words
To leave the cards alone
I took to gambling just like dad
And left my mother's home.

One night a gang was gathered 'round
We dealt a hand of draw
An old man sat across from me
And this is what I saw.

>From out his sleeve he pulled a card
And I pulled out my gun
I shot him dead not knowing then
What evil I had done.

He fell across the table
His hands reached out in vain
His sleeve slid back and upon his arm
I could see so plain.

I gazed down at his lifeless form
And I hung my head in shame
For upon his arm was a tattooed heart
And I saw my mother's name. 
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