C
G7
C
I had a home down in Texas
F
C
Down where the blue bonnets grew
G7
C
I had the kindest old mother
D7
G7
How happy we were just we two
C
G7
C
Till one day the angels called her
C7
F
A debt that we all have to pay
C
She called me close to her bedside
G7
C
To me these words she did say
G7
C
Son don’t start drinking and gambling
F
C
Promise you’ll always go straight
G7
C
Ten years have passed since we parted
D7
G7
My promise I’ve broke I must say
C
G7
C
I started gambling for pastime
C7
F
Soon I was just like them all
C
I bet my clothes and my money
G7
C
Not thinking that I’d ever fall
G7
C
One day I bet all my money
F
C
Not a thing was left to be seen
G7
C
All that I needed to break them
D7
G7
Was one card and that was a queen
C
G7
C
The cards were dealt round the table
C7
F
Each man took one from the draw
C
I drew the one that would beat them
G7
C
I turned it and here’s what I saw
G7
C
I saw my mother’s picture
F
C
And to me she seemed to say
G7
C
Son you have broken your promise
D7
G7
So I tossed the cards away
C
G7
C
I gave all my winnings to a newsboy
C7
F
I knew I was wrong from the start
C
I’ll never forget that promise
G7
C
To my Mother the queen of my heart
D7
C
G7
C7
F
