Key: A major•
Verse 1
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E
Mammie delivered me
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E
mama die at my birth
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A
she took me to raise
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A
Mammie was all I had on this earth
Verse 2
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D
G
Let's get in the firewood,
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G
I'd hear Mammie say
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G
the water's still hot
And don't throw that
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A
Verse 3
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A
Oh, Mammie taught me how to sing a song
E
A
She taught me to play her old guitar
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E
A
As the teakettle whistled along on the fire
Verse 4
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D
G
D
G
And at night as I laid alone in my bed
I'd hear Mammie praying
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G
to know right from wrong
And I pray she'll do right even
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D
after I'm gone
Interlude 1
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A
Bb
Verse 5
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Eb
I'd wait until Mammie had
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Eb
fallen asleep
Then out of my window
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Eb
ac cording to plans
And there in the darkness
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Bb
I'd meet a man
Verse 6
Bb
Eb
Ab
Oh, it's not that I wanted
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Ab
to bring Mammie shame
I just couldn't control wild
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not name my dad
So I guess it was natural
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Eb
for me to be bad
Bb
Verse 7
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Eb
One night I awoke at
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Bb
Come quickly, I heard Mammie cry
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Eb
told her I would and
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Eb
That night I watched as
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my Mammie died
Verse 8
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Ab
Eb
All I have now are the
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Ab
And the goodness that loving
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Ab
my heart she lives on
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F
And I know how much
Verse 9
Bb
F
Ah Mammie, I'm being good Mammie
Outro 1
Bb
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