Tom: C
Introdução:
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I started drinking and acting crazy
F C
Way back in sixty-five
F C
Mama would pray and say he's my baby
G7
Lord please keep him alive
C F C
Sister came home with two little children
F C
Her man had left her alone
F C
Mama knew too well the hurt she was feeling
F C
Cause Daddy had been gone so long
F
We all did our part
C
To add to her pain
F
We all broke her heart
G7
But she never complained
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She loved a lot in her time
F C
She watched love grow and die on the vine
She stood in the shadows
F C
So others could shine
G7 C
She loved a lot in her time
F C
Mama's prayers were answered a long time ago
F C
I ain't touched a drink in 1 years
F C
Sister remarried to a good ol' boy
G7 C
They don't live far from here
F
Mama's work is done
C
Now she's gone on home
F
The words in our hearts
G7
Are engraved on her stone
Repeat #4
G7 C
Mama you loved a lot in your time