A E7 A
My mama loved my dad for fifty years
D A
And she worked along beside him in the fields
D A D
He never gave her much but he gave her all he had
A E7 A
Dad's the only reason mama lived
A E7 A
My mama's face would light up like a diamond
D A
Each time my daddy walked into the room
D A D
She'd stop what she was doing and put her arms around him
A E7 A
Dad's the only world my mama knew
E7 A
Mama never saw her roses bloom that year
D A
The angels came before the robin's song
D A
Mama said she didn't mind going on ahead
E7 A
But heaven won't be heaven till daddy’s home
A E7 A
When mama left she left dad a lonely man
D A
But he talked to mama like she was still here
D A D
He'd talk about the hard times and the good times that they'd had
A E7 A
As his old mind slipped back across the years
E7 A
Daddy never plowed his fields again
D A
He’d just sat down and wait his time to come
D A D
Then one day he said I think I hear a choir singing
A E7 A
He closed his eyes and went to live with mom
D A
Lord I wanna thank you for the years they were here for me to love
D A
And though it's hard to let 'em go Lord I know I'd let 'em go again
E7
If I could just have been there
A
And seen my mama's face when dad walked in