Dear Mama chords by Eric Andersen

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Dear Mama,
you work hard,
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I was trying my best
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Sometimes I wonder,
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do you get enough rest
Your laughter's a river and
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it rains when you're hurt
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You know I could never say a bad word
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Baby, I love you, what you mean to me
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The goddess inside you
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used to make us all free
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Thinking of everyone so patient and kind
You laugh a little too loud when you
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drink too much wine
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Your mama, sweet baby,
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let's take it to the end
After we get there, let's take it again
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Your mama, kind mama,
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you make me want you so much
Your hands hold the world and
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they're as light as your toes
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You never stop movin'
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except when you sleep
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Even time stands aside still you
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move and you think
Somethin' burnin' in the kitchen
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in the ring of your phone
Someone always needin' something,
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where is it?
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You struggle with things
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that there's no one to blame
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You get it all done and you never complain
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Time never takes time
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when it runs right by you
Not a word could explain all
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the things that you do
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Hey mama, sweet baby,
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let's take it to the end
And after we get there, let's do it again
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Dear mama, come on,
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we really want you so much
Your hands hold the world and they're as
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light as your tongue
You're a woman, a friend,
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on a world of a mission
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Making plans, having dreams,
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you're talking, you're listening
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The world is absurd, it's too much of a time
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I sometimes think, baby,
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you were born with four minds
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A smile is a pearl that's meant to your soul
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A jubble and plan to get us
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out from the hole
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Crazy wildfire, I was smolders inside
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You make it look so easy,
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like you don't even try
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Mama, sweet baby,
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let's ride it to the end
And after we get there,
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let's ride there again
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Mama, kind
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Mama, you make me love you so much
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Your hands hold the world in as light as your
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touch
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The realm of the womb,
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I'll never understand
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Where a woman transcends
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both a woman and
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man
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Nature's a force that can skids on a level
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With the wisdom of
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Joe, maybe old as a devil
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I'll be thinking of you at the end of the day
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In an estranged town when
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the night's on its way
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I'll follow your smile on a wide open road
I see thousands of streets,
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just take me to home
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Dear mama, sweet baby,
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let's take it to the end
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And after we get there, let's take it all
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Dear mama, kind mama,
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you make me want you so much
Your hands hold the world,
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and there's not a touch
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You can't hold the world when it's lighted you
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can't
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you