My Mother's Bible
Don Reno and Bill Harrell
Written by Don Reno
Key of G · Chords: I II IV V
Open in Bluegrass Book: transpose, play alongVerse 1
G There's a book that mother left me C G That grows sweeter every day I have often read the pages A7 D7 Since my mother passed away
Verse 2
G When but just a baby boy C G I would sit upon her knee Mother looked just like an angel D7 G When she read this book to me
Verse 3
Mother's bible oh how dear C G With the covers worn and old Mother's bible much more sweeter A7 D7 Worth much more to me than gold
Verse 4
G And she told me yes she told me C G Just before she went to sleep C If I read it and believed it D7 G Jesus then my soul would keep
Verse 5
Now my mother's gone to heaven C G And sometimes I feel so sad Then I go get mother's bible A7 D7 That she left for me and dad
Verse 6
G Through the years there may be changes C G But one change there'll never be It's that old and faded bible D7 G That my mother left for me
Verse 3
Mother's bible oh how dear C G With the covers worn and old Mother's bible much more sweeter A7 D7 Worth much more to me than gold
Verse 4
G And she told me yes she told me C G Just before she went to sleep C If I read it and believed it D7 G Jesus then my soul would keep