C         G7
Lord have mercy on me

                 F          C
Was the kneeling drunkard's plea

                      F
And as he knelt there on the ground

  C                G7            C
I know that God in Heaven looked down
 
 
                  G7
I went down by an old country church

                   F           C
I saw the drunkard stagger and lurch

                      F
And as he reached his mother's grave

  C                 G7        C
I saw that drunkard kneel and pray

 
C         G7
Lord have mercy on me

                 F          C
Was the kneeling drunkard's plea

                      F
And as he knelt there on the ground

  C                G7            C
I know that God in Heaven looked down
 
C   F   C   G7 C
 
                 G7
Bring my darling boy to me

                F     C
Was his mothers dying plea

                   F
And as he staggered through the gate

     C                G7      C   C
Alas he came just one day too late

 
                        G7
Three years have passed since she went away

                    F          C
Her son is sleeping beside her today

                             F
And I know that in heaven his mother will see

    C                  G7         C
For God has heard that drunkard's plea

 
C         G7
Lord have mercy on me

                 F          C
Was the kneeling drunkard's plea

                      F
And as he knelt there on the ground

  C                G7            C
I know that God in Heaven looked down