{"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":62613,"song":"Papa Loved Mama","artist":"Garth Brooks","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/62613-papa-loved-mama-chords-by-garth-brooks/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/62613?type=chord","rating":4.72753,"votes":305,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\nPapa drove a truck nearly all his life[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nYou know it drove mama crazy being a trucker's wife[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThe part she couldn't handle was the being alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nI guess she needed more to hold than just a telephone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\nPapa called mama each & every night[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nJust to ask her how she was & if us kids were alright[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nMama would wait for that call to come in[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]B7[/ch]         [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nBut when daddy'd hang up she was gone again[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nMama was a looker, Lord how she shined[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nPapa was a good'n but the jealous kind[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nPapa loved mama, mama loved men[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E5[/ch]                       [ch]B5[/ch]           [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nMama's in the graveyard, papa's in the pen[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\r\nWell, it was bound to happen & one night it did[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nPapa came home & it was just us kids[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nHe had a dozen roses & a bottle of wine[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nIf he was looking to surprise us he was doing fine[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nI heard him cry for mama up & down the hall[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThen I heard a bottle break against the bedroom wall[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThat old diesel engine made an eerie sound[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]B7[/ch]       [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nWhen papa fired it up & headed into town[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nWell, the picture in the paper showed the scene real well[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nPapa's rig was buried in the local Motel[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThe desk clerk said he saw it all real clear[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]B7[/ch]          [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nHe never hit the brakes & he was shifting gears[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nMama was a looker, Lord how she shined[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nPapa was a good'n but the jealous kind[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nPapa loved mama, mama loved men[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E5[/ch]                       [ch]B5[/ch]           [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nMama's in the graveyard, papa's in the pen[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]E5[/ch]                       [ch]B5[/ch]            [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nMama's in the graveyard, papa's in the pen[/tab]\r\n\r\nMama's in the graveyard, papa's in the pen","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\n\nMama's in the graveyard, papa's in the pen","chords":["E7","A7","B7","C","E5","B5"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]}}}