Tom: G C D |G No I would not give you false hope |C D |G On this strange and mournful day |C D |G Em But the mother and child reu-nion |Am G |D | |Em | Is only a motion away, oh, little darling of mine. |D | I can't for the life of me |Em | Remember a sadder day |D | I know they say let it be |Em | But it just don't work out that way |C | And the course of a lifetime runs |D | Over and over again |C D |G No I would not give you false hope |C D |G On this strange and mournful day |C D |G Em But the mother and child reu-nion |Am G |D | |Em | Is only a motion away, oh, little darling of mine. |D | I just can't believe it's so, |Em | and though it seems strange to say |D | I never been laid so low |Em | In such a mysterious way |C | And the course of a lifetime runs |D | Over and over again |C D |G But I would not give you false hope |C D |G On this strange and mournful day |C D |G Em When the mother and child reu-nion |Am G |D | Is only a motion away, |C D |G Oh, oh the mother and child reunion |C D |G Is only a motion away |C D |G|Em Oh the mother and child reu-nion |Am G |D | |G | Is only a moment away