Mama Sang a Song
Mama Sang a Song

Mama Sang a Song easy guitar chords by Bill Anderson

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 1

Capo

Transpose

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Capo

  • D

  • G

  • F#

    2

  • Bm

    2

  • Em

  • A

  • E

  • Gm

    3

  • C

  • Am

  • D

  • G

  • F#

    2

  • Bm

    2

  • Em

  • A

  • E

  • Gm

    3

  • C

  • Am

    • Verse 1
    (God 
    put a 
    song 
    in 
    the 
    heart 
    of 
    an 
    an
    gel 

    and 
    softly 
    she 
    sang 
    it 
    to 
    me) 

    Verse 2
    I get 
    to thinking 
    a 
    lot of 
    times 

    about 
    back 
    when I 
    was a lad 

    Of the 
    old 
    homeplace where 
    I grew 

    up and 
    of the 
    days 
    both 
    good 
    and 
    bad 

    My 
    overalls 
    were 
    hand-me-downs, my 

    my 
    my shoes 
    were 
    full 
    of holes 

    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
    And 
    yet 
    and 
    yet 
    our 
    homefire never 

    flickered 
    once 

    'Cause 
    when all 
    these 
    things 

    went wrong 

    Mama 
    took 
    the hymn 
    book 
    down 

    and 
    mama 
    sang 
    a song 

    (What a 
    friend 
    we 
    have 
    in 
    Jesus) 

    Verse 5
    Oh, 
    I've been 
    rocked 
    to sleep 
    many 
    a 

    night 
    to 
    the tune 
    of 
    "What a Friend" 

    And 
    then 
    come morn
    ing 
    and 
    "Rock 
    of Ages" 

    would wake 
    me gently 
    once 
    again 

    And then I 
    remember 
    how daddy 
    used to 
    reach 

    up and he'd 
    take 
    the Bible 
    down 

    And he'd 
    read 
    it 
    loud 

    and long 

    Verse 6
    And I always 
    felt 
    that maybe 
    our 
    house 

    was blessed 

    When daddy 
    would 
    say, 

    "Mama, 
    sing a 
    song" 

    Sister 
    left 
    home 
    first 
    I guess 
    and then 

    Bob 
    and then 
    Tommy 
    and 
    then Dan 

    By 
    then 
    dad's 
    hair 
    was 
    turning 
    white 
    and 
    I sort of 

    had to be 
    mama's 
    little man 

    Verse 7
    But you know, it 
    seemed 
    that as 
    my daddy's 
    back 
    grew 
    weak, 

    my mother's 
    faith 
    just 
    grew 
    strong 

    And 
    those 
    were the 
    greatest 
    days 
    of all 

    when 
    mama 
    sang 
    a song 

    (Rock of 
    ages 
    cleft 
    for 
    me, 

    let 
    me 
    hide 
    my
    self 
    in 
    Thee) 

    I guess 
    the old 
    house 
    is still 
    standing 

    I 
    don't 
    get 
    to go back 
    much 
    anymore 

    Verse 8
    No 
    voice 
    is 
    left 
    to fill 
    those 
    halls 

    And no steps 
    to grace 
    the 
    floor 

    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 

    Be
    cause 
    one time 
    my mama 
    sang 
    a song 

    (pre
    cious memor
    ies 
    flood 
    my
    soul) 


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