I Am Weary Let Me Rest

The Cox Family

Written by Pete Kuykendall

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

C                    F    C
Kiss me mother  kiss your darling
                      G7
Lay my head upon your breast
                              C
Throw your loving arms around me
           G7     C
I am weary let me rest

Verse 2

G7                       C
Seems my life is swiftly fading
                         G7
By your sea  they do now show
     F               C
I am standing by the river
               G7      C
Angels wait to take me home

Verse 3

C                    F    C
Kiss me mother  kiss your darling
                       G7
See their fate upon my brow
                            C
While I'll soon be with the angels
                    G7     C
Faith has doomed my future well

Verse 4

G7                                    C
Through the years you've always loved me
                         G7
And my life you tried to save
          F             C
But now I shall slumber sweetly
              G7     C
In a deep and lonely grave

Verse 5

C                    F    C
Kiss me mother  kiss your darling
                    G7
Lay my head on your breast
                              C
Throw your loving arms around me
           G7     C
I am weary let me rest
           G7     C
I am weary let me rest