Intro strumming Am\\\\ \\G\
[Am]Anna would have grown up
To become a high school teacher.
[Am]Billy was filled with gospel fire;
He was born to be a preacher.
[F]James would just turn out to be
An ordinary guy,
While [Am]Sarah would write love songs
That would start the world to cry.
The [G]twins, Ian and Elaine
Would write children bed time stories.
And [E]Benjamin would study history and
Dream a[E7]bout the days of glory.
But a [F]mother in confusion
Decided she would get rid,
And she [Am]also kept that secret
In the place where secrets hid.
We will [F]never know exactly who they’d grow to become,
Their [G]seven little lives were over not long [E]after they’d begun.
And it’s so [F]hard to imagine
What was going on inside.
In the [Am]mind of their mother,
Or the pressure she was under,
Or what [F]drove her in the end
To end the lives of her babies
When their
[G]lives had
[E]only just be
[Am]gun. \\\\ \\G\
[Am]The picture of her face
All full of sorrow. Full of haunted
[Am]Mother’s lasting memories
And what would be the cost of.
For those [F]lives so early finished
That will never be replenished
Like the [Am]eyes we’ll never see.
The unseen eyes of seven babies
With the [G]names we’ll have to guess at
And whose lives we must surmise were
Hidden [Am]in a Utah car garage
Among other forgotten refuse
Where the [G]bodies of the children were ended early on
Before the [E]babies could ever find out where in [E7]life they would belong
Because a [F]mother in confusion
Decided she would get rid,
And she [Am]also kept that secret
In the place where secrets hid.
We will [F]never know exactly who they’d grow to become,
Their [G]seven little lives were over not long [E]after they’d begun.
And it’s so [F]hard to imagine
What was going on inside.
In the [Am]mind of their mother,
Or the pressure she was under,
Or what [F]drove her in the end
To end the lives of her babies
When their
[G]lives had
[E]only just be
[Am]gun. \\\\ \\\\ X2 fade
Great mandolin player and songwriter. His album "Cornbread Nation" is one of my favorites, and the song "Father, Forgive Me" is what a spiritual should always be. He also plays a lot with the above mentioned Darrel Scott.
