Intro : B D#m7 G#m7
B D#m7 G#m7
Hey, Daddy just lost his pay
EM9 E/F# B
What did he do it for
D#m7 G#m7
It never made it through our door
EM9 E/F# G#m
He drank the whole week away
D#m EM7
And what can a family say
C# F#M7
There must be a better way
BM7 EM7
Now mama don't start to cry
E/F# B
Let's give him another try
D#m7 G#m7
Pick up the telephone
EM9 E/F# B
Tell him you want him home
D#m7 G#m7
To sit and watch the evenings pass
EM9 E/F# G#m
And readin' the Leaves of Grass
D#m EM7
I'm caught in a closing door
C# F#M7
It's pinning me to the floor
BM7 EM7
Now mama don't start to cry
E/F# B
Let's give him another try
D#m7 G#m7 EM9 E/F# B
D#m7 G#m7 EM9 E/F# G#m
D#m EM7
I'm caught in a closing door
C# F#M7
It's pinning me to the floor
BM7 EM7
Now mama don't start to cry
E/F# A/B
Let's give him another try
E/B
When we're old and gray
B
And the things we say
F#/B A/B
are the things we really mean
E/B
So why cause a scene
B
When things ain't what they seem
D#m7 G#m
'Cause the end result's the same
D#m EM7
Now what can a family say
C# F#M7
There must be a better way
BM7 EM7
Now mama don't start to cry
E/F# B
Let's give him another try
D#m7 G#m7 EM9 E/F# B
D#m7 G#m7 EM9 E/F# C