Mama Sang a Song chords by Bill Anderson

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Verse 1

(God put a song in the heart of an angel

and softly she sang it to me)

Verse 2
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I get to thinking a lot of times
about back when I was a lad
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Of the old homeplace where I grew
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up and of the days both good and bad
My overalls were hand-me-downs, my
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my my shoes were full of holes

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Verse 3

I used to walk four miles to school every day through the rain,

the sleet and the cold

I've seen the nights when

my daddy would cry

For the things that his family would need

But all daddy ever got was a badland farm

and seven hungry mouths to feed

Verse 4
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And yet and yet our homefire never
flickered once
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'Cause when all these things
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went wrong
Mama took the hymn book down
and mama sang a song
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(What a friend we have in Jesus)

Verse 5
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Oh, I've been rocked to sleep many a
night to the tune of "What a Friend"
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And then come morning and "Rock of Ages"
would wake me gently once again
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And then I remember how daddy used to reach
up and he'd take the Bible down
And he'd read it loud
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and long

Verse 6
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And I always felt that maybe our house
was blessed
When daddy would say,
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"Mama, sing a song"
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Sister left home first I guess and then
Bob and then Tommy and then Dan
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By  then dad's hair was turning white and I sort of
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had to be mama's little man

Verse 7
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But you know, it seemed that as my daddy's back grew weak,
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my mother's faith just grew strong
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And those were the greatest days of all
when mama sang a song
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(Rock of ages cleft for me,
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let me hide myself in Thee)
I guess the old house is still standing
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I don't get to go back much anymore

Verse 8
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No voice is left to fill those halls
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And no steps to grace the floor
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For you see, you see my mother sings up in heaven now,
up around God's golden throne
But I'll always believe that this
whole world is a better place
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Because one time my mama sang a song
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(precious memories flood mysoul)
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