Mama sang a song chords by
Lee Arnold
Lee Arnold

N/A
Key: E major
Verse 1
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Like a song in the heart of an angel,
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A
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And softly she sang it to me.
I get to thinkin' lots of times
about back when I was a lad,
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Of the old home place where I grew up,
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Of the days both good and bad.
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Em
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My overalls were hand -me -downs,
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my shoes were full of holes.
I used to walk four miles to school every day,
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through the rain, the sleet, and the cold.
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G

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I've seen the nights when
my daddy would cry
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for the things that his family would need,
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but all he ever got was a badland farm
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and seven hungry mouths to feed.
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And yet, and yet our home fire
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never flickered once,
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Because when all these things went wrong,
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Mama took the hymn book down,
and Mama sang a song.
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What a friend we have in Jesus.
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I've been rocked to sleep many a night
to the tune of What a Friend.
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Come morning, rock of ages
would wake me gently once again.
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And then Daddy would reach up
and he'd take the Bible down and he'd read it,
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read it loud and long.
And I always felt that our
home was blessed
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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 had to be my mom's little man.
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But it seemed that his daddy's
back were weak,
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my mother's faith kept growing strong.
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And those were the greatest days of all,
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when Mama sang a song.
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Dark of ages, left for me.
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Let me hide myself in Thee.
I guess the house is still standing.
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I don't get to go back much anymore.
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No voices left to fill those halls,
and no steps to grace the floors.
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For you see,
my mother sings in heaven now,
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around God's golden throne.
But I'll always believe
that this world is a better place,
because one time,
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my mama sang a song.
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