Mother's Not Dead
Bill Monroe
Written by Ralph Edmond Stanley
Key of G · Chords: I V
Open in Bluegrass Book: transpose, play alongVerse 1
G D7 Mothers not dead she's only a sleeping G Just patiently waiting for Jesus to come D7 The birds will be singing while Mother is sleeping G They will sing o'er as the grave sinks away
Verse 2
D7 Well I left my old home way back in the mountains G For mother and father had both passed away D7 We followed our mother up to the graveyard G For mother was called to heaven that day
Verse 1
G D7 Mothers not dead she's only a sleeping G Just patiently waiting for Jesus to come D7 The birds will be singing while Mother is sleeping G They will sing o'er as the grave sinks away
Verse 3
D7 Oh how we miss her around the old home place G Everything seems so lonesome since she went away D7 Mother is sleeping way back the mountains G Yes mother is sleeping way back in the hills
Verse 1
G D7 Mothers not dead she's only a sleeping G Just patiently waiting for Jesus to come D7 The birds will be singing while Mother is sleeping G They will sing o'er as the grave sinks away