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Hey, Daddy just lost his pay
AM9 A/B E
What did he do it for
G#m7 C#m7
It never made it through our door
AM9 A/B C#m
He drank the whole week away
G#m AM7
And what can a family say
F# BM7
There must be a better way
EM7 AM7
Now mama don't start to cry
A/B E
Let's give him another try
G#m7 C#m7
Pick up the telephone
AM9 A/B E
Tell him you want him home
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To sit and watch the evenings pass
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And readin' the Leaves of Grass
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I'm caught in a closing door
F# BM7
It's pinning me to the floor
EM7 AM7
Now mama don't start to cry
A/B E
Let's give him another try
G#m7 C#m7 AM9 A/B E
G#m7 C#m7 AM9 A/B C#m
G#m AM7
I'm caught in a closing door
F# BM7
It's pinning me to the floor
EM7 AM7
Now mama don't start to cry
A/B D/E
Let's give him another try
A/E
When we're old and gray
E
And the things we say
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are the things we really mean
A/E
So why cause a scene
E
When things ain't what they seem
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'Cause the end result's the same
G#m AM7
Now what can a family say
F# BM7
There must be a better way
EM7 AM7
Now mama don't start to cry
A/B E
Let's give him another try
G#m7 C#m7 AM9 A/B E
G#m7 C#m7 AM9 A/B C