Mammie chords by Dolly Parton

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Verse 1
G 
D 
 (G major) Mammie delivered me  (D major) 
G 
into  (G major) this world
C 
Mammie watched  (C major) my
G 
D 
mama  (G major) die at my birth  (D major) 
G 
And  (G major) Mammie she loved me
C 
G 
she  (C major) took me  (G major) to raise
D 
G 
Mammie was all I  (D major) had on this  (G major) earth

Verse 2
G 
 (G major) 
C 
F 
Let's  (C major) get in the fire (F major) wood,
C 
F 
I'd hear  (C major) Mammie say  (F major) 
C 
Let's go to the spring before it gets  (C major) dark
F 
And you do up the dishes  (F major) while
C 
F 
 (C major) the water's still  (F major) hot
And don't throw that
G 
dishwater out  (G major) in the yard
C 
G 
 (C major)  (G major) 

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Verse 3

Oh, Mammie taught me how to sing a song

She taught me to play her old guitar

And at night before bedtime

we'd sing for hours

As the teakettle whistled along on the fire

Verse 4
G 
 (G major) 
C 
F 
C 
F 
And at night  (C major) as I  (F major) laid alone  (C major) in my bed  (F major) 
I'd hear Mammie praying
C 
and each night she  (C major) said
F 
Oh, dear God help me  (F major) raise her
C 
F 
to  (C major) know right from  (F major) wrong
And I pray she'll do right even
G 
C 
 (G major) after I'm  (C major) gone

Interlude 1

Verse 5
Ab 
Db 
I'd  (A flat major) wait until Mammie  (D flat major) had
Ab 
Db 
fallen  (A flat major) asleep (D flat major) 
Then out of my window
Ab 
I'd quietly  (A flat major) sneak
Db 
And I'd wait by the mill  (D flat major) pond
Ab 
Db 
ac (A flat major) cording to  (D flat major) plans
And there in the darkness
Eb 
Ab 
I'd  (E flat major) meet a  (A flat major) man

Verse 6
Ab 
 (A flat major) 
Db 
Gb 
Oh, it's not  (D flat major) that I  (G flat major) wanted
Db 
Gb 
to bring  (D flat major) Mammie shame  (G flat major) 
I just couldn't control wild
Db 
blood in my  (D flat major) veins
Gb 
They tell me my  (G flat major) mama could
Db 
Gb 
not  (D flat major) name my  (G flat major) dad
So I guess it was natural
Ab 
Db 
for  (A flat major) me  to be  (D flat major) bad
Ab 
 (A flat major) 

Verse 7
Ab 
Db 
 (A flat major) One night I  (D flat major) awoke at
Ab 
 (A flat major) the sound of my name
Eb 
Ab 
Come quickly, I  (E flat major) heard Mammie cry  (A flat major) 
Db 
She said you be good  (D flat major) and I
Ab 
Db 
 (A flat major) told her I  (D flat major) would and
Ab 
Db 
 (A flat major) That night I  (D flat major) watched as
Eb 
Ab 
 (E flat major) my  Mammie  (A flat major) died

Verse 8
Db 
Gb 
Db 
 (D flat major) All I have  (G flat major) now are  (D flat major) the
Gb 
memories of  (G flat major) Mammie
Db 
Gb 
And the  (D flat major) goodness that loving  (G flat major) 
Db 
her brought  (D flat major) me
Gb 
Although she is  (G flat major) gone in
Db 
Gb 
my  (D flat major) heart she lives  (G flat major) on
Ab 
Eb 
And  (A flat major) I   know how much  (E flat major) 
Ab 
good she  (A flat major) taught me