Key: C# minor
Intro 1
C#
B
C#
B
C#
G#m
B
D
Bm
D
D#dim
A
E
G#m
Verse 1
F#m
Came up from the country with a smile for everyone
G#m
F#m
A lonely girl who'd travelled many days
G#m
F#m
A lonely heart that could not find a way
Verse 2
G#m
"Momma,
G#m
F#m
Momma, it's so hard to carry on
G#m
F#m
And I feel I'm a fool who lost it all
D#dim
C#
You used to make it all so very clear
G#m
F#m
Momma, it's a sad and lonely life
E
Verse 3
G#m
F#m
A loser in her heart, but in her face
Verse 4
G#m
F#m
Momma, it's so hard to carry on
G#m
F#m
And I feel I'm a fool who lost it all
D#dim
Adim
You used to make
D#dim
C#
it all so very clear
B
C#m
That life must go on though the end is near
E
G#m
F#m
Oh, Momma, it's a sad and lonely life
Interlude 1
E
G#m
F#m
G#m
F#m
G#m
F#m
E
G#m
F#m
G#m
F#m
G#m
F#m
G#m
F#m
Verse 5
G#m
"Momma,
F#m
A
it's a hard life now you're gone"
G#m
F#m
Momma, it's so hard to carry on
G#m
F#m
A
And I feel I'm a fool who lost it all
D#dim
C#
You used to make it all so very clear
Interlude 2
B
C#
B
C#
G#m
D
D#dim
A
F#m
C#
B
D#dim
C#
B
C#
G#m
D
D#dim
A
E
F#m
Verse 6
G#m
F#m
A lady lost in nowhere but her stare
Verse 7
G#m
"Momma,
G#m
F#m
Momma, it's so hard to carry on
G#m
F#m
And I feel I'm a fool who lost it all
D#dim
C#
You used to make it all so very clear
C#m
E
the end is near
Verse 8
G#m
F#m
Momma, it's a hard life
now you're gone
G#m
F#m
Momma, it's so hard to carry on
G#m
F#m
A
F#m
And I feel I'm a fool who lost it all
D#dim
C#
You used to make it all so very clear
Outro 1
C#
B
C#
B
C#
G#m
D
D#dim
A
F#m
E
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