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[XX]Β  I’ve been around the [XX]Β  world you bet, but [XX]Β  never [XX]Β  went to [XX]Β  school.Β  [XX]Β  Hard [XX]Β  knocks are all I [XX]Β  seemed to get - per-[XX] =haps I’ve [XX]Β  been a[XX]Β  fool.Β  But[XX]Β  still some [XX]Β  educated folks [XX]Β  supposed to be so[XX]Β  swell would [XX]Β  fail, if they were [XX]Β  called [XX]Β  upon a [XX]Β  simple [XX]Β  word to [XX]Β  spell.Β  Now [XX]Β  if you’d like me to [XX]Β  put me to my [XX]Β  test, there’s [XX]Β  one your name that [XX]Β  I can spell the [XX]Β  best. [XX]Β  [XX]Β Β 


C                               Dm    G7
M is for the million things she g-ave me
 
                                C
O means only that she's growing old
 
C7           F                 C    A7
T is for the tears she shed to save me
 
D7                           G7
H is for her heart of purest gold 
 
C                                 G7
E is for her eyes with love-light shining
 
                                      E7
R means right and right she'll always be
 
F                                C    Am
Put them all together they spell moth-er
 
  F                   G7       C
A word that means the world to me 
 
 
When I was just a baby long before I learned to walk.
While lying in my cradle, I would try my best to talk.
It wasn’t long before I spoke, and all the neighbors heard,
my folks were very proud of me for mother was the word.
Although I’ll never lay a claim to fame,
I’m satisfied that I can spell this name. 

                       Dm      G7
M is for the mercy she possess-es
 
                             C
O means that I owe her all I own
 
C7           F            C     A7
T is for her tender sweet caresses 
 
D7                             G7
H is for her hands that made a home
 
C                                G7
E means everything she's done to help me
 
                             E7
R means real and regular you see
 
F                                C    Am
Put them all together they spell moth-er
 
  F                   G7       C
A word that means the world to me
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