Chords with lyrics
Key: G+G
🎸 Intro:
G+G Bb majorBb A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA G+G
🎸 Verse 1:
G+G
Momma loved us, every one
Bb majorBb A minorAm G+G
Every daughter, every son
G+G
She gave herself so happily
Bb majorBb A minorAm G+G
That's just the way she was, you see
G+G
From dawn to dark she'd find a chore
Bb majorBb A minorAm G+G
And work it 'til it was no more
G+G
And every day until she died
Bb majorBb Am7Am7 G+G
In the evening, momma cried
🎸 Chorus:
G+G C majorC
Momma cried;
Bb majorBb
There was mourning in the evening
C majorC
Momma cried;
Eb MajorEb G+G
'Cause her little girl was gone
Fiddle 🎸 Solo:
G+G Bb majorBb A minorAm G+G Bb majorBb A minorAm G+G
🎸 Verse 2:
G+G
Her little girl was snatched away
Bb majorBb A minorAm G+G
She was there and then just gone one day
G+G
And momma blamed herself
I'd say
Bb majorBb Am7Am7 G+G
But all of us had debts to pay
🎸 Chorus:
G+G C majorC
Momma cried;
Bb majorBb
There was mourning in the evening
C majorC
Momma cried;
Eb MajorEb G+G
'Cause her little girl was gone
Banjo & Guitar 🎸 Solo:
G+G C majorC G+G Bb majorBb A minorAm G+G Bb majorBb A minorAm G+G
🎸 Verse 3:
G+G
I did my best to cheer her pride
G+G
That day that something broke inside
G+G
I swore I'd find her and I'd try
G+G
In the evening, momma cried
🎸 Chorus:
G+G C majorC
Momma cried;
Bb majorBb
There was mourning in the evening
C majorC
And Momma cried;
Eb MajorEb G+G
'Cause her little girl was gone
C majorC
Momma cried;
Bb majorBb
There was mourning in the evening
G+G C majorC
Momma cried;
Eb MajorEb
'Cause her little girl was gone
🎸 Outro:
G+G FF G+G Bb majorBb A minorAm G+G FF G+G Bb majorBb A minorAm G+G