Memories Of Mother And Dad

Ricky Skaggs

Written by Albert Price

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

C                         F  C
Mother left this world of sorrow
                            G7
Our home's so silent and so sad
C                        F     C
Dad's so sick and had to leave us
          G7                 C
I have no home no mother nor dad

Verse 2

F                         C
There's a little lonesome graveyard
                               G7
On these tombstones there they say
   C                     F    C
Oh mother's gone but not forgotten
             G7             C
Oh dad we'll meet again someday

Verse 3

                      F    C
I often go out to the graveyard
                             G7
Where they laid them down to rest
C                      F   C
I can almost hear them whisper
         G7               C
Trust in God he'll do the rest

Verse 2

F                         C
There's a little lonesome graveyard
                               G7
On these tombstones there they say
   C                     F    C
Oh mother's gone but not forgotten
             G7             C
Oh dad we'll meet again someday

Verse 4

                            F  C
Their souls have gone up to heaven
                             G7
Where they'll dwell with God above
C                                    F     C
Where they'll meet there friends and loved ones
               G7               C
And share with all his precious love

Verse 2

F                         C
There's a little lonesome graveyard
                               G7
On these tombstones there they say
   C                     F    C
Oh mother's gone but not forgotten
             G7             C
Oh dad we'll meet again someday