MOTHER'S NOT DEAD (SHE'S ONLY A-SLEEPING) 
Recorded by: Charlie Monroe & His Kentucky Pardners 
Writer: Charlie Monroe 
 
CAPO: 1st FRET/KEY: G#5 /Play: G5 

G5                                  D5
I Left my old home way back in the mountains
                                 G5 
Mother was called to heaven that day
                                 D5 
They carried my mother up to the graveyard
                                       G5 
Ev'rything's lonesome since she went a- way. 
 
CHORUS 
G5                               D5
Mother's Not Dead, she's only a- sleeping
                                    G5 
Just patiently waiting for Jesus to come
                                            D5 
The birds will be singing while mother lies sleeping
                                             G5 
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