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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1718811,"song":"Mama Sang A Song","artist":"Bill Anderson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11363876-mama-sang-a-song-chords-by-bill-anderson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1718811?type=chord","rating":4.72304,"votes":10,"content":"SONG:   MAMA SANG A SONG\r\n\r\n\r\n              MAMA SANG A SONG\r\n               BILL ANDERSON\r\n\r\n\r\nCAPO: 3rd FRET\r\n\r\nSING: \r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n(God put a song in the heart of an angel [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G7[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd softly she sang it to me)[/tab]\r\n\r\nSPOKEN:\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\n  I get to thinking lots of times [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nAbout back when I was a lad[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nOf the old home place where I grew up [/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOf the days both good and bad[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMy overalls were hand-me-downs [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy shoes were full of holes[/tab]\r\n\r\nI used to walk four miles to school \r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nEvery day through the rain the sleet and the cold[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI've seen the nights when my daddy would cry[/tab]\r\n                                      \r\nFor the things that his family would need\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut all he ever got was a badland farm [/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd seven hungry mouths to feed[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd yet and yet our home fire never flickered once[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCause when all these things went wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMama took the hymn book down and mama sang this song[/tab]\r\n\r\nSONG:\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\n(What a friend we have in Jesus)[/tab]\r\n\r\nSPOKEN:\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI've been rocked to sleep many a night [/tab]\r\n\r\nTo the tune of What a Friend\r\n[tab]         [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nAnd come morning Rock of Ages [/tab]\r\n\r\nWould wake me gently once again\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd then daddy would reach up [/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd he'd take the Bible down\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd he'd read it read it loud and long[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd I always felt that maybe our house was blessed\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen daddy would say mama sing a song[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\n Sister left home first I guess [/tab]\r\n                                    \r\nAnd then Bob and then Tommy and then Dan\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                              \r\nBy then dad's hair was turning white [/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd I had to be mama's little man[/tab]\r\n              \r\nBut it seemed that as daddy's back grew weak \r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMy mother's faith just grew strong[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\n And those were the greatest days of all [/tab]\r\n\r\nWhen mama sang a song\r\n\r\nSONG:\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\n(Rock of ages cleft for me let me hide myself in Thee[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nDo do doo[/tab]\r\n\r\nSPOKEN:\r\n[tab][ch]C7[/ch]\r\nI guess the house is still standing [/tab]\r\n                               \r\nI don't get to go back much anymore\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\n No voice is left to fill those halls [/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nAnd no steps to grace the floor[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFor you see my mother sings in heaven now [/tab]\r\n\r\nAround God's golden throne\r\n\r\nBut I'll always believe \r\n\r\nThat this world is a better place\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBecause one time [/tab]\r\nN.C\r\nMy mama sang a song \r\n\r\nSONG:               \r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Gm7[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n(Precious mem'ries   flood my soooooooooooooooul)[/tab]\r\n\r\n========================= NO CAPO ===========================\r\n\r\nSONG:   MAMA SANG A SONG\r\nARTIST: BILL ANDERSON\r\nTAB BY: DON CZARSKI\r\nEMAIL:  GUITARZAN7@HOTMAIL.COM\r\n\r\n\r\n              MAMA SANG A SONG\r\n               BILL ANDERSON\r\n\r\n\r\nCAPO: NONE\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Eb[/ch]         [ch]Ab[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\n(God put a song in the heart of an angel [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Fm[/ch]         [ch]Gm[/ch]  [ch]Bb7[/ch]   [ch]Eb[/ch]    [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nAnd softly she sang it to me)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]\r\n  I get to thinking lots of times [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nAbout back when I was a lad[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nOf the old home place where I grew up [/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nOf the days both good and bad[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nMy overalls were hand-me-downs [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F7[/ch]             [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nMy shoes were full of holes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nEvery day through the rain the sleet and the cold[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nI've seen the nights when my daddy would cry[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Eb[/ch]                             [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nBut all he ever got was a badland farm [/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nAnd seven hungry mouths to feed[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]Cm[/ch]       [ch]Ab[/ch]        [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nAnd yet and yet our home fire never flickered once[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Bb[/ch]                                  [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nCause when all these things went wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nMama took the hymn book down and mama sang this song[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Eb[/ch]                       [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\n(What a friend we have in Jesus)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nI've been rocked to sleep many a night [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb7[/ch]\r\nAnd come morning Rock of Ages [/tab]\r\n\r\nWould wake me gently once again\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nAnd then daddy would reach up [/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd he'd take the Bible down\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nAnd he'd read it read it loud and long[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nWhen daddy would say mama sing a song[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                          [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\n Sister left home first I guess [/tab]\r\n                                    \r\nAnd then Bob and then Tommy and then Dan\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nBy then dad's hair was turning white [/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]Db[/ch]\r\nAnd I had to be mama's little man[/tab]\r\n              \r\n[tab]             [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nMy mother's faith just grew strong[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]                                    [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\n And those were the greatest days of all [/tab]\r\n\r\nWhen mama sang a song\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Ab[/ch]            [ch]Db[/ch]       [ch]Ab[/ch]             [ch]Db[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch]  [ch]Eb[/ch]  [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\n(Rock of ages cleft for me let me hide myself in Thee[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch] [ch]Eb7[/ch]\r\nDo do doo[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Eb7[/ch]\r\nI guess the house is still standing [/tab]\r\n                               \r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]\r\n No voice is left to fill those halls [/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Eb7[/ch]\r\nAnd no steps to grace the floor[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nFor you see my mother sings in heaven now [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Db[/ch]            [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nBecause one time [/tab]\r\nN.C\r\nMy mama sang a song \r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Ab[/ch]  [ch]Fm[/ch]    [ch]Eb[/ch]  [ch]Fm[/ch]     [ch]Ab[/ch]   [ch]Eb[/ch]  [ch]Db[/ch]  [ch]Ab[/ch]  [ch]Bbm7[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\n(Precious mem'ries   flood my soooooooooooooooul[/tab]","plain_text":"SONG:   MAMA SANG A SONG\n\n\n              MAMA SANG A SONG\n               BILL ANDERSON\n\n\nCAPO: 3rd FRET\n\nSING: \n\n\n\nSPOKEN:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI used to walk four miles to school \n\n\n                                      \nFor the things that his family would need\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSONG:\n\n\nSPOKEN:\n\n\nTo the tune of What a Friend\n\n\nWould wake me gently once again\n\n\nAnd he'd take the Bible down\n\n\nAnd I always felt that maybe our house was blessed\n\n\n                                    \nAnd then Bob and then Tommy and then Dan\n\n\n              \nBut it seemed that as daddy's back grew weak \n\n\n\nWhen mama sang a song\n\nSONG:\n\n\n\nSPOKEN:\n\n                               \nI don't get to go back much anymore\n\n\n\n\nAround God's golden throne\n\nBut I'll always believe \n\nThat this world is a better place\n\nN.C\nMy mama sang a song \n\nSONG:               \n\n\n========================= NO CAPO ===========================\n\nSONG:   MAMA SANG A SONG\nARTIST: BILL ANDERSON\nTAB BY: DON CZARSKI\nEMAIL:  GUITARZAN7@HOTMAIL.COM\n\n\n              MAMA SANG A SONG\n               BILL ANDERSON\n\n\nCAPO: NONE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWould wake me gently once again\n\n\nAnd he'd take the Bible down\n\n\n\n\n                                    \nAnd then Bob and then Tommy and then Dan\n\n\n              \n\n\n\nWhen mama sang a song\n\n\n\n\n\n                               \n\n\n\n\n\nN.C\nMy mama sang a 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