verse 1 

C                                                        F 
She walked into the kitchen where most mornings would begin 
        C                                                        Am 
Put her hands down on the counter, streched her fingers long and thin 
         C                                              F 
Drug her eyes across the wall to where he hung his mandolin 
        C                                    Am 
And she whispered out the count like she was whispering it to him 


[Refrão]

         C  F  Am  G            C  F  Am  G   
Mourning song,         mourning song 
         F            C          G               Am 
You were always on my mind, even though I am now gone 
  F                     C                   G                  C 
I taught you these four chords so you could sing your mounring song 


verse 2 

C                                                      F 
He was not much of a singer, there was shrapnel in his sound 
       C                                                   Am 
Always ready with a zinger that could burn the whole place down 
    C                                          F 
The love was undefineable, no beginning and no end 
        C                    Am 
Like so many ancient secrets blowing in the wind 


[Refrão]

         C  F  Am  G            C  F  Am  G   
Mourning song,         mourning song 
         F            C          G               Am 
You were always on my mind, even though I am now gone 
  F                     C                   G                  C 
I taught you these four chords so you could sing your mounring song 


Bridge 

F         C   G     F         C  G 
The walls tumbling, gates are opening 
F      C      G       Am     G        C 
Sorrow in the window, sorrow will not win 


verse 3 

C                                                      F 
From the morning through the evening of each and every day 
C                                               Am 
Wildness to wisom, from the gold on through the grey  
         C                                                     F 
From the songs of newborn babies to those who failed along the way 
       C                                                       Am 
I have loved you and I will find you, now please sing me on my way 


[Refrão]

                   C  F  Am  G           C  F  Am  G 
With your mourning song,        mourning song 
       F         C            G               Am 
Pardon me if I’m sentimental, you were always strong 
   F              C             G                  C 
So wake up little bird come and sing your mourning song