D                       G
She was a mom back when moms didn't work
Em                           A
She just did the laundry and brushed off the dirt
D/F#                         G
She cooked all the meals and scrubbed all the floors
Em                                      A
And she mowed that front yard with that old push mower
D                              G
All of those years without the help of a man
Em                              A
She held us together with those delicate hands


CHORUS:
D                            D    D/F#
Those hands have rocked some cradles
       G             D    D/F#
Calmed many a cryin' child
    G            D      A
Set ten thousand supper tables
D                           A
Now it''s time to rest those hands a while
D                          G
Those hands have done some prayin'
              A       D   D/F#
Worn just one wedding band
G                    
Now there ain''t much time
          D          A
And there ain't much strength
    D                          A            D
But there''s a lot of love left in those hands


If I had a dime for every button she sewed
All the tears she''s dried and bedtime stories she''s told
I''d buy back the years back from old father time
Just sit here and hold her hands in mine


CHORUS:
D                            D    D/F#
Those hands have rocked some cradles
       G             D    D/F#
Calmed many a cryin' child
    G            D      A
Set ten thousand supper tables
D                           A
Now it''s time to rest those hands a while
D                          G
Those hands have done some prayin'
              A       D   D/F#
Worn just one wedding band
G                    
Now there ain''t much time
          D          A
And there ain't much strength
    D                          A            D
But there''s a lot of love left in those hands