D A7 D
My mama loved my dad for fifty years
G D
And she worked along beside him in the fields
G D G
He never gave her much but he gave her all he had
D A7 D
Dad's the only reason mama lived
D A7 D
My mama's face would light up like a diamond
G D
Each time my daddy walked into the room
G D G
She'd stop what she was doing and put her arms around him
D A7 D
Dad's the only world my mama knew
A7 D
Mama never saw her roses bloom that year
G D
The angels came before the robin's song
G D
Mama said she didn't mind going on ahead
A7 D
But heaven won't be heaven till daddy’s home
D A7 D
When mama left she left dad a lonely man
G D
But he talked to mama like she was still here
G D G
He'd talk about the hard times and the good times that they'd had
D A7 D
As his old mind slipped back across the years
A7 D
Daddy never plowed his fields again
G D
He’d just sat down and wait his time to come
G D G
Then one day he said I think I hear a choir singing
D A7 D
He closed his eyes and went to live with mom
G D
Lord I wanna thank you for the years they were here for me to love
G D
And though it's hard to let 'em go Lord I know I'd let 'em go again
A7
If I could just have been there
D
And seen my mama's face when dad walked in