Key: A major
Intro 1
A
Verse 1
A
D
I stood with mom and poppa as
E
A
the bus pulled in that day
D
A
E
To take me from my childhood to a man
A
D
I believe it was the first time
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A
I saw either of them cry
D
E
As momma held on tight to
A
daddy’s hand
Verse 2
A
D
Momma handed me a sandwich and
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A
some money she had saved
D
A
And whispered that she knew
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D
E
She gently smiled and told me that
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E
A
The only way to come back is to go
Verse 3
D
A
like clouds on a windy day
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A
And there’s usually a rainbow
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E
after the rain
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A
Children are God’s gift
And I can still hear poppa say
Don’t cry momma birds and
Verse 4
(Key change to G#, capo 3 or sharp the chords below
A
Verse 5
F
Bb
as I watched them wave goodbye
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Bb
How they taught me to fish
Bb
Eb
I gave the man my ticket heard
F
Bb
poppa gently say
Eb
F
Don’t cry momma cause bird
F
Bb
Birds and children
Verse 6
Eb
Bb
clouds on a windy day
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Bb
And there’s usually a rainbow
Eb
F
after the rain
Eb
Bb
Children are God’s gift
And I can still hear poppa say
Outro 1
Don’t cry momma birds and children fly away
Bb
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