Mama Sang A Song chords by Bill Anderson

Tuning: Standard tuning

Difficulty: novice

SONG:   MAMA SANG A SONG
ARTIST: BILL ANDERSON
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL:  GUITARZAN7@HOTMAIL.COM


              MAMA SANG A SONG
               BILL ANDERSON


CAPO: 3rd FRET

SING:
 C          F            E         Am
(God put a song in the heart of an angel
     Dm         Em  G7    C     C
And softly she sang it to me)

SPOKEN:
F
  I get to thinking lots of times
C
About back when I was a lad
F
Of the old home place where I grew up
                          C
Of the days both good and bad
                  Am
My overalls were hand-me-downs
D7             G
My shoes were full of holes

I used to walk four miles to school
            C
Every day through the rain the sleet and the cold
                              F
I've seen the nights when my daddy would cry

For the things that his family would need
    C                              G
But all he ever got was a badland farm
                            C
And seven hungry mouths to feed

            Am       F         C
And yet and yet our home fire never flickered once
  G                                   C
Cause when all these things went wrong
                            G
Mama took the hymn book down and mama sang this song

SONG:
  C                        F
(What a friend we have in Jesus)

SPOKEN:
C
I've been rocked to sleep many a night

To the tune of What a Friend
         G7
And come morning Rock of Ages

Would wake me gently once again
                 C
And then daddy would reach up

And he'd take the Bible down
                                   F
And he'd read it read it loud and long

And I always felt that maybe our house was blessed
                     C
When daddy would say mama sing a song
G                           C
 Sister left home first I guess

And then Bob and then Tommy and then Dan
F
By then dad's hair was turning white
                              Bb
And I had to be mama's little man

But it seemed that as daddy's back grew weak
             F
My mother's faith just grew strong
C                                     F
 And those were the greatest days of all

When mama sang a song

SONG:
 F             Bb       F              Bb F   C   F
(Rock of ages cleft for me let me hide myself in Thee
C  F  C7
Do do doo

SPOKEN:
C7
I guess the house is still standing

I don't get to go back much anymore
F
 No voice is left to fill those halls
                 C7
And no steps to grace the floor
                                F
For you see my mother sings in heaven now

Around God's golden throne

But I'll always believe

That this world is a better place
    Bb            F
Because one time
N.C
My mama sang a song

SONG:
 F   Dm    C   Dm     F    C   Bb  F   Gm7  F
(Precious mem'ries   flood my soooooooooooooooul)

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SONG:   MAMA SANG A SONG
ARTIST: BILL ANDERSON
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL:  GUITARZAN7@HOTMAIL.COM


              MAMA SANG A SONG
               BILL ANDERSON


CAPO: NONE

SING:
 Eb         Ab           G         Cm
(God put a song in the heart of an angel
     Fm         Gm  Bb7   Eb    Eb
And softly she sang it to me)

SPOKEN:
Ab
  I get to thinking lots of times
Eb
About back when I was a lad
Ab
Of the old home place where I grew up
                          Eb
Of the days both good and bad
                  Cm
My overalls were hand-me-downs
F7             Bb
My shoes were full of holes

I used to walk four miles to school
            Eb
Every day through the rain the sleet and the cold
                              Ab
I've seen the nights when my daddy would cry

For the things that his family would need
    Eb                             Bb
But all he ever got was a badland farm
                            Eb
And seven hungry mouths to feed

            Cm       Ab        Eb
And yet and yet our home fire never flickered once
  Bb                                  Eb
Cause when all these things went wrong
                            Bb
Mama took the hymn book down and mama sang this song

SONG:
  Eb                       Ab
(What a friend we have in Jesus)

SPOKEN:
Eb
I've been rocked to sleep many a night

To the tune of What a Friend
         Bb7
And come morning Rock of Ages

Would wake me gently once again
                 Eb
And then daddy would reach up

And he'd take the Bible down
                                   Ab
And he'd read it read it loud and long

And I always felt that maybe our house was blessed
                     Eb
When daddy would say mama sing a song
Bb                          Eb
 Sister left home first I guess

And then Bob and then Tommy and then Dan
Ab
By then dad's hair was turning white
                              Db
And I had to be mama's little man

But it seemed that as daddy's back grew weak
             Ab
My mother's faith just grew strong
Eb                                    Ab
 And those were the greatest days of all

When mama sang a song

SONG:
 Ab            Db       Ab             Db Ab  Eb  Ab
(Rock of ages cleft for me let me hide myself in Thee
Eb Ab Eb7
Do do doo

SPOKEN:
Eb7
I guess the house is still standing

I don't get to go back much anymore
Ab
 No voice is left to fill those halls
                 Eb7
And no steps to grace the floor
                                Ab
For you see my mother sings in heaven now

Around God's golden throne

But I'll always believe

That this world is a better place
    Db            Ab
Because one time
N.C
My mama sang a song

SONG:
 Ab  Fm    Eb  Fm     Ab   Eb  Db  Ab  Bbm7 Ab
(Precious mem'ries   flood my soooooooooooooooul