D                     C    D
I was standing by the bed- -side
         A7            D
Where my feeble mother lay
                             C     D
When she called me close be- -side her
           A7                D
Here's the words I heard her say

[Chorus]
D                          C  D
I've just seen the rock of a- -ges
        A7             D
Jacob's ladder hanging down
                               C    D
I've just crossed the river of Jor- -dan
        A7                D
Now, my son, I'm homeward bound

[Instrumental]
D C D A7 D C D A7 D 

[Verse]
D                     C      D
As we gathered all a- -round her
              A7               D
The tears be- -gan to fill our eyes
                             C     D
Then she called me close be- -side her
          A7               D
Whispered softly her good- -byes

D                         C     D
Pine trees blowing on the moun- -tain
           A7             D
Where for- -ever she will lay
                             C     D
There she'll rest beside the foun- -tain
             A7                D
There she'll sleep beneath the clay

[Instrumental]
D C D A7 D C D A7 D 

[Chorus]
D                          C  D
I've just seen the rock of a- -ges
        A7             D
Jacob's ladder hanging down
                               C    D
I've just crossed the river of Jor- -dan
        A7                D
Now, my son, I'm homeward bound