A Picture Of Your Mother Chords
by Tom T Hall
A Picture Of Your Mother by Tom T Hall is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, D7 and G7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
C F C
My little girl and I lost mamma just three years ago
F C D7 G7
And now that she is older there are things she wants to know
C F C
She said please daddy tell me bout my mother cause I miss her
F C G7 C
I said get pen and paper and I'll help your draw her picture
F C
I said first draw a heart so big there's room for little else
F C G7
Then write a million for the things that she denied herself
C F C
Draw a rose the kind of which there'll never be another
F C G7 C
And when you finish you will have a picture of your mother
C F C
If you want to make the picture even more complete
F C D7 G7
You could draw a little cottage draw it nice and neat
C F C
Draw a bright and shining sun up in the sky above
F C G7 C
But then again I guess it's pretty hard to draw my love
F C
So draw a heart so big there's room for little else
F C G7
Then write a million for the things that she denied herself
C F C
Draw a rose the kind of which there'll never be another
F C G7 C
And when you finish you will have a picture of your mother