Mama Bake A Pie (Daddy Kill A Chicken) chords by
Tom T. Hall

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Key: C major•

Verse 1

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*...* Denotes spoken part

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People staring at me as they wheel me down

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the ramp toward my plane

The war is over for me,

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I've forgotten everything except the pain

Thank you sir, and yes sir,

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it was worth it for the ol' red, white and blue

And since I won't be walking I suppose I'll

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save some money buying shoes

Verse 2

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The bottle hidden underneath

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the blanket over my two battered legs

I can see the stewardess make over

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me and ask "Were you afraid?"

I'll say, "Why no I'm Superman,

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and couldn't find the phone booth quite in time."

A GI gets a lot of laughs if he remembers

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all the funny lines

Verse 3

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(Chorus) Mama bake a

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pie, Daddy kill a chicken

Your son is coming home,

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11: 35 Wednesday night

Verse 4

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*Mama will be crying and Daddy's gonna say "Son,

did they treat you good?"

My uncle will be drunk and he'll say, "Boy,

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they doing some real great things with wood."*

The letter that she wrote me said good- bye,

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she couldn't wait and lots of luck

The bottle underneath the blanket feels

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just like an old friend to my touch

Verse 5

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I know she'll come and see me but I bet

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she never once looks at my legs

Naw, she'll talk about the weather and the

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dress she wore the July 4th parade

Lord, I love her and I don't believe this

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bottle's gonna get her off my mind

I see here in the paper,

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where they say the war is just a waste of time

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(Chorus)

Outro 1

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