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A Everyone when she was young,
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Asus2/CAsus2/GA She’s pretty now, just watch her as she goes
 
A Waiting for the bus to come
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Asus2/CAsus2/GA Whose mother comes and she sees her and she smiles
 
Asus2/CA Thank you Loui-----------se
 
Asus2/CA Mary Loui------------se
 
A/FAsus2/CG Dadd4 A Mother of thre-------------------------e
A Waiting in the check-out line
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Asus2/CAsus2/GA She helps someone who doesn’t have the change
 
A Takes a dollar from her purse
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Asus2/CAsus2/GA And winks and grins and ‘Merry Christmas, friend’
 
Asus2/CA Thank you Loui-----------se
 
Asus2/CA Mary Loui------------se
 
A/FAsus2/CG Dadd4 A Mother of thre-------------------------e
A In Baltimore, the freezing cold,
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Asus2/CAsus2/GA She walks from work and cops the drugs and leaves
 
A Her brother lay upon the bed
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Asus2/CAsus2/GA He hears the phone and knows his brother’s dead
 
Asus2/CA Thank you Loui-----------se
 
Asus2/CA Mary Loui------------se
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