Tom: A
A D
Mary Chilton never knew
Bm E
What the salty winds would do,
A
When she stepped aboard
D
And sailed away,
Bm E
On that 1620 Autumn day.
D Bm
At Plymouth Rock
A E
She was the first to touch dry ground.
D Bm
But she became an orphan when,
A E
The winter came and the tears fell down,
A D E
But she grew, and married a good man.
A E D
And they had eleven children,
Bm E A D
Who could never understand what she'd been through.
A D Bm
But they knew, that a girl of just thirteen,
A E D
Crossed one big ocean,
Bm E
And that she grew up to be,
A E D
One good woman.
2nd Verse
A D
Polly Angel didn't know
Bm E
What the hands of time would show
A
When she dressed in white
D
And said "I do"
Bm E
In the fall of 1832.
D Bm
Her life would change that very
A E
Year forevermore.
D Bm
When they heard the message of two
A E
Strangers at their door
A
They headed West
D E
An Polly had six children
Bm E
But only two survived
Bm E
And they could never understand
A D
What she'd been through
A D Bm
But they knew, that a woman of great faith,
A E D
Crossed one big country.
Bm E
And that they were being raised,
A E D
By One Good Woman.
D
There they are,
A D
Written in the spaces of a family tree,
E Bm A
Til it all comes down to me.
