{"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":2381577,"song":"Mamas Funeral","artist":"Elizabeth Cook","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11492184-mamas-funeral-chords-by-elizabeth-cook/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2381577?type=chord","rating":4.50127,"votes":4,"content":"[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nNah nah nah nah...[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAt mama's funeral, organs didn't play[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut you could hear the lonesome sway[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOf the local guitar man[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe played Hank Williams songs[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe all did 'Farther Along'[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe boys drank beer out by the barn[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAt mama's funeral[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh the birds showed up to sing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs we gathered round the ole porch swing[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhere her feet had worn the paint off the boards[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd her pillow sat all faded and torn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHer children all took turns[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nTrying to find the words[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJust wantin to say something right[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBout the best friend they'd found in life[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd explain it to the nurses that came from the hospital[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo mama's funeral[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt was surprising to me, thought it'd be as hard as it could be[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut everybody took a little piece of pain[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd they spread it round like summer rain[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd it helped to ease the load[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nMore than I could've known[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAt mama's funeral[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd my family made me proud[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nCause when the cryin got loud[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe laughter followed close behind[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDaddy'd say \"now don't y'all remember the time...\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nTables set up all over the place[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nCovered with pictures, candles and lace[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe Quik Sack stayed open late[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSold out of all their cups and paper plates[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo the strangers that gathered up on the hill[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor mama's funeral[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt was surprising to me, thought it'd be as hard as it could be[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut everybody took a little piece of pain[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd they spread it round like summer rain[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd it helped to ease the load[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nMore than I could've known[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAt mama's funeral[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOrgans didn't play[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut you could hear the lonesome sway[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOf the local guitar man[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe played Hank Williams songs[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe all did 'Farther Along'[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe boys drank beer out by the barn[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAt mama's funeral[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll the pretty flowers planted by her hands[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHer guitar in a corner sittin on a stand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nNah nah nah nah...[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC G C G D\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","C","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}