I SAW MY MOTHER'S NAMERecorded by Hank ThompsonWords and music by Hank Thompson and Billy GrayCYour daddy was a gambling manC7 F C C7My mother said to me ...F C Em AmHe left me when you were a childC G7 CBut he was all this world to me.I know your daddy loved me tooFor tattooed on his armWas a heart of love that bore my nameAnd was his good luck charm.I didn't heed my mother's wordsTo leave the cards aloneI took to gambling just like dadAnd left my mother's home.One night a gang was gathered 'roundWe dealt a hand of drawAn old man sat across from meAnd this is what I saw.>From out his sleeve he pulled a cardAnd I pulled out my gunI shot him dead not knowing thenWhat evil I had done.He fell across the tableHis hands reached out in vainHis sleeve slid back and upon his armI could see so plain.I gazed down at his lifeless formAnd I hung my head in shameFor upon his arm was a tattooed heartAnd I saw my mother's name.
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