Intro : A C#m7 F#m7
A C#m7 F#m7
Hey, Daddy just lost his pay
DM9 D/E A
What did he do it for
C#m7 F#m7
It never made it through our door
DM9 D/E F#m
He drank the whole week away
C#m DM7
And what can a family say
B EM7
There must be a better way
AM7 DM7
Now mama don't start to cry
D/E A
Let's give him another try
C#m7 F#m7
Pick up the telephone
DM9 D/E A
Tell him you want him home
C#m7 F#m7
To sit and watch the evenings pass
DM9 D/E F#m
And readin' the Leaves of Grass
C#m DM7
I'm caught in a closing door
B EM7
It's pinning me to the floor
AM7 DM7
Now mama don't start to cry
D/E A
Let's give him another try
C#m7 F#m7 DM9 D/E A
C#m7 F#m7 DM9 D/E F#m
C#m DM7
I'm caught in a closing door
B EM7
It's pinning me to the floor
AM7 DM7
Now mama don't start to cry
D/E G/A
Let's give him another try
D/A
When we're old and gray
A
And the things we say
E/A G/A
are the things we really mean
D/A
So why cause a scene
A
When things ain't what they seem
C#m7 F#m
'Cause the end result's the same
C#m DM7
Now what can a family say
B EM7
There must be a better way
AM7 DM7
Now mama don't start to cry
D/E A
Let's give him another try
C#m7 F#m7 DM9 D/E A
C#m7 F#m7 DM9 D/E C