Key: C
Introduction: C D G
D G
There?s an old and faded picture on the wall
C G
That has been a hanging there for many years
C
It?s a picture my mother
G
For I know there is no other
D G
That can take the place of mother on the wall
C G
On the wall (on the wall) on the wall (on the wall)
D
How I love that dear old picture on the wall
G
Time is swiftly passing by
C
And I bow my head and cry
G D G
For I know I?ll meet my mother after all
D G
Now the children all have scattered all have gone
C G
And I have a little family of my own
C
And I know I love them well
G
More than any tongue can tell
D G
But I?ll hold that dear old picture on the wall
C G
On the wall (on the wall) on the wall (on the wall)
D
How I love that dear old picture on the wall
G
Time is swiftly passing by
C
And I bow my head and cry
G D G
For I know I?ll meet my mother after all
D G
Since I lost that dear old mother years ago
C G
There is none to which with troubles I can go
C
As my guitar makes its chords
G
I am praying to the Lord
D G
Let me hold that dear old picture on the wall
C G
On the wall (on the wall) on the wall (on the wall)
D
How I love that dear old picture on the wall
G
Time is swiftly passing by
C
And I bow my head and cry
G D G
For I know I?ll meet my mother after all