MOTHER'S NOT DEAD (SHE'S ONLY A-SLEEPING) 
Recorded by: Charlie Monroe & His Kentucky Pardners 
Writer: Charlie Monroe 
 
CAPO: 1st FRET/KEY: G# /Play: G 

G                                  D7
I Left my old home way back in the mountains
                                 G 
Mother was called to heaven that day
                                 D7 
They carried my mother up to the graveyard
                                       G 
Ev'rything's lonesome since she went a- way. 
 
CHORUS 
G                               D7
Mother's Not Dead, she's only a- sleeping
                                    G 
Just patiently waiting for Jesus to come
                                            D7 
The birds will be singing while mother lies sleeping
                                             G 
They will sing o'er her as the grave fades a- way. 
 
Nothing seems right around the old home place 
Even the place where we used to play 
I love my old home way back in the mountains 
But ev'rything's changed since she went away. 
 
CHORUS 
 
Mother was good and now she's in heaven 
She was the best pal a boy ever had 
I still love my home way back in the mountains 
But without you mother, a heart aches so sad. 
 
CHORUS 
 
SOURCE: 
BLUEGRASS FOR COLLECTORS/Various Artists 
1980 RCA Camden ACL-7081