Mama's Opry chords by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Iris DeMent
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Intro 1
(G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major)
Verse 1
She (G major) grew up plain and
simple in a farm (C major) ing town
Her daddy (D major) played the fiddle
and use to do the calling
When they (G major) had hoedowns
She said (E minor) the neighbors would come
And they'd move all my grandma's
(C major) furniture 'round
And there'd be twenty or more there
on the old wooden floor
(D major) Dancing to a country sound
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Verse 2
The Carters (G major) and Jimmy Rodgers
played her (C major) fa vorite songs
And on Sat (D major) urday nights
there was a radio show
And she (G major) would sing along
And I'll nev (A major) er forget her face when
she revealed (C major) to me
That she'd dreamed (G major) about singing
(D major) at The Grand Ol' Opry
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Verse 3
(D major)
Her eye (G major) s, oh how they sparkled
when she sang (C major) those songs
While she was (D major) hanging the clothes on the line
I was a kid just a hum (G major) ming along
Well, I'd be play (E minor) ing in the grass,
To her what might of seemed ob (C major) liviously
But there ain't no doubt about it,
she sure (D major) made her mark on me
Verse 4
She played (G major) old gospel records
on the phonograph (C major)
She turned (D major) them up loud
and we'd sing along
But those (G major) days have passed
Just now (A major) that I am older it occurs (C major) to me
That I was singing (G major) in the
grandest (D major) opry
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Verse 5
(D major)
And we sang (G major) Sweet Rose of Sharon,
Abide (C major) With Me
'til I ride (D major) The Gospel Ship
to Heaven's (G major) Jubilee
And In That (E minor) Great Triumphant
Morning my soul (C major) will be free
And My Burdens Will Be Lifted
when my sa (D major) vior's face I see
So I Don't (G major) Want to Get Adjusted
to This (C major) World below
But I know (D major) He'll Pi (A major) lot Me (D major)
'til it comes (G major) time to go
Oh, noth (A major) ing on this earth
is half as dear (C major) to me
As the sound (G major) of my Mama's (D major) Opry
Interlude 1
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Verse 6
And we sang (G major) Sweet Rose of Sharon,
Abide (C major) With Me
'til I ride (D major) The Gospel Ship
to Heaven's (G major) Jubilee
And In That (E minor) Great Triumphant
Morning my soul (C major) will be free
And My Burdens Will Be Lifted
when my sa (D major) vior's face I see
So I Don't Want (G major) to Get Adjusted
to This (C major) World below
But I know (D major) He'll Pilot Me
'til it comes (G major) time to go
Oh, noth (A major) ing on this earth
is half as dear (C major) to me
As the sound (G major) of my
Mama's (D major) Opry
Outro 1
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Mama's Opry
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Iris DeMent
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