Key: C major
Verse 1
C
G
C
I wish I'd known the man
F
C
That turned my mama on
He must have been a heck
of a man
F
C
don't you know
Verse 2
F
C
Never wore her dress to short
She didn't care if he did
C
F
C
a drink
Grandma Kate did the best she could
F
C
To see mama grew up right
Verse 3
C
[Chorus]
I wish I'd known the man
F
C
That turned my mama on
He was always laughing
G
C
And singing the right sweet song
I wish I'd known the man
F
C
The turned my mama on
He must have been a heck
of a man
F
C
don't you know
Verse 4
F
C
In a rusty old '49 Ford
Selling lady's shoes and as
G
C
sorted greeting cards
He was killing good looking
And easy to like
But he saw mama first
G
F
And the Lord knows how some of them travelin'
C
Csus4
F
men are
C
G
C
Verse 5
Csus4
F
[Chorus]
C
G
F
C
Mama seemed to forget
the things
F
C
That Grandma Kate had always told her
They bought gas at Rita's truck stop
F
C
And drove to DasotaCounty
But he brought her home with a
G
F
C
ring upon her hand
Mama's told me how the fever took him
F
C
When I was barely 5
Cm
C
But I remember him pitchin' me up
G
Em
And catching me
G
C
And I love to sit and listen to her
F
C
Tell me about my daddy
F
C
G
C
F
C
Rise and set in
G
C
me
Bb
Csus4
[Chorus]
Outro 1
F
C
G
F
C
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsC G Csus4 F Cm...
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