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