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My mama loved my dad for fifty years
A E
And she worked along beside him in the fields
A E A
He never gave her much but he gave her all he had
E B7 E
Dad's the only reason mama lived
E B7 E
My mama's face would light up like a diamond
A E
Each time my daddy walked into the room
A E A
She'd stop what she was doing and put her arms around him
E B7 E
Dad's the only world my mama knew
B7 E
Mama never saw her roses bloom that year
A E
The angels came before the robin's song
A E
Mama said she didn't mind going on ahead
B7 E
But heaven won't be heaven till daddy’s home
E B7 E
When mama left she left dad a lonely man
A E
But he talked to mama like she was still here
A E A
He'd talk about the hard times and the good times that they'd had
E B7 E
As his old mind slipped back across the years
B7 E
Daddy never plowed his fields again
A E
He’d just sat down and wait his time to come
A E A
Then one day he said I think I hear a choir singing
E B7 E
He closed his eyes and went to live with mom
A E
Lord I wanna thank you for the years they were here for me to love
A E
And though it's hard to let 'em go Lord I know I'd let 'em go again
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If I could just have been there
E
And seen my mama's face when dad walked in