{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1807124,"song":"Better Days For Mama","artist":"Stonewall Jackson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11398438-better-days-for-mama-chords-by-stonewall-jackson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1807124?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat whiskey and his wild reckless way [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                   [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPut my young daddy in an early grave[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G7[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo many nights my mama cried and then I'd hear her pray[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]G7[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe'd asked the Lord to send her better days [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                [ch]A#7[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBetter days for mama better days[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G7[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen sister had to marry at fourteen [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]G7[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDestroyed what was left of mama's dreams[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nShe cried but then I heard her say [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSometimes the best sheep go astray[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]G7[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAt night she knelt and prayed for better days [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                [ch]A#7[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBetter days for mama better days[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                     [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe cried a lot that day that I left home [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                   [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI said don't worry I know right from wrong[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G7[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAlthough I tried my best somehow four grey walls surround me now[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G7[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd again my mama prays for better days [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                [ch]A#7[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBetter days for mama better days[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G7[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMister warden many many thanks to you [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G7[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo let me come here for the flowers too[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nAlthough my tears fall on her grave[/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI feel she's found her resting place[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]G7[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAt last the Lord sent mama better days [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                [ch]A#7[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBetter days for mama better days[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                [ch]A#7[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBetter days for mama better days[/tab]","plain_text":"","chords":["C","F","G7","A#7"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}