Mama Sang A Song chords by Bill Anderson

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard tuning


SONG:  MAMA SANG A augmentedA SONG
ARTIST: BILL ANDERSON
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: [email protected]


       MAMA SANG A augmentedA SONG
        BILL ANDERSON


CAPO: 3rd FRET

SING:
 C majorC     FF      E MajorE     A minorAm
(God put a song in the heart of an angel
   DmDm     E minorEm G7G7  C majorC   C majorC
And softly she sang it to me)

SPOKEN:
FF
 I get to thinking lots of times
C majorC
About back when I was a lad
FF
Of the old home place where I grew up
             C majorC
Of the days both good and bad
         A minorAm
My overalls were hand-me-downs
D7D7       G+G
My shoes were full of holes

I used to walk four miles to school
      C majorC
Every day through the rain the sleet and the cold
               FF
I've seen the nights when my daddy would cry

For the things that his family would need
  C majorC               G+G
But all he ever got was a badland farm
              C majorC
And seven hungry mouths to feed

      A minorAm    FF     C majorC
And yet and yet our home fire never flickered once
 G+G                  C majorC
Cause when all these things went wrong
              G+G
Mama took the hymn book down and mama sang this song

SONG:
 C majorC            FF
(What a friend we have in Jesus)

SPOKEN:
C majorC
I've been rocked to sleep many a night

To the tune of What a Friend
     G7G7
And come morning Rock of Ages

Would wake me gently once again
         C majorC
And then daddy would reach up

And he'd take the Bible down
                  FF
And he'd read it read it loud and long

And I always felt that maybe our house was blessed
           C majorC
When daddy would say mama sing a song
G+G              C majorC
 Sister left home first I guess

And then Bob and then Tommy and then Dan
FF
By then dad's hair was turning white
               Bb majorBb
And I had to be mama's little man

But it seemed that as daddy's back grew weak
       FF
My mother's faith just grew strong
C majorC                   FF
 And those were the greatest days of all

When mama sang a song

SONG:
 FF       Bb majorBb    FF       Bb majorBb FF  C majorC  FF
(Rock of ages cleft for me let me hide myself in Thee
C majorC FF C7C7
Do do doo

SPOKEN:
C7C7
I guess the house is still standing

I don't get to go back much anymore
FF
 No voice is left to fill those halls
         C7C7
And no steps to grace the floor
                FF
For you see my mother sings in heaven now

Around God's golden throne

But I'll always believe

That this world is a better place
  Bb majorBb      FF
Because one time
N.C
My mama sang a song

SONG:
 FF  DmDm  C majorC  DmDm   FF  C majorC  Bb majorBb FF  Gm7Gm7 FF
(Precious mem'ries  flood my soooooooooooooooul)

========================= NO CAPO ===========================

SONG:  MAMA SANG A augmentedA SONG
ARTIST: BILL ANDERSON
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: [email protected]

       MAMA SANG A augmentedA SONG
        BILL ANDERSON


CAPO: NONE

SING:
 Eb MajorEb     AbAb      G+G     C minorCm
(God put a song in the heart of an angel
   F minorFm     G minorGm Bb7Bb7  Eb MajorEb  Eb MajorEb
And softly she sang it to me)

SPOKEN:
AbAb
 I get to thinking lots of times
Eb MajorEb
About back when I was a lad
AbAb
Of the old home place where I grew up
             Eb MajorEb
Of the days both good and bad
         C minorCm
My overalls were hand-me-downs
F7F7       Bb majorBb
My shoes were full of holes

I used to walk four miles to school
      Eb MajorEb
Every day through the rain the sleet and the cold
               AbAb
I've seen the nights when my daddy would cry

For the things that his family would need
  Eb MajorEb               Bb majorBb
But all he ever got was a badland farm
              Eb MajorEb
And seven hungry mouths to feed

      C minorCm    AbAb    Eb MajorEb
And yet and yet our home fire never flickered once
 Bb majorBb                 Eb MajorEb
Cause when all these things went wrong
              Bb majorBb
Mama took the hymn book down and mama sang this song

SONG:
 Eb MajorEb            AbAb
(What a friend we have in Jesus)

SPOKEN:
Eb MajorEb
I've been rocked to sleep many a night

To the tune of What a Friend
     Bb7Bb7
And come morning Rock of Ages

Would wake me gently once again
         Eb MajorEb
And then daddy would reach up

And he'd take the Bible down
                  AbAb
And he'd read it read it loud and long

And I always felt that maybe our house was blessed
           Eb MajorEb
When daddy would say mama sing a song
Bb majorBb             Eb MajorEb
 Sister left home first I guess

And then Bob and then Tommy and then Dan
AbAb
By then dad's hair was turning white
               DbDb
And I had to be mama's little man

But it seemed that as daddy's back grew weak
       AbAb
My mother's faith just grew strong
Eb MajorEb                  AbAb
 And those were the greatest days of all

When mama sang a song

SONG:
 AbAb      DbDb    AbAb       DbDb AbAb Eb MajorEb AbAb
(Rock of ages cleft for me let me hide myself in Thee
Eb MajorEb AbAb Eb7Eb7
Do do doo

SPOKEN:
Eb7Eb7
I guess the house is still standing

I don't get to go back much anymore
AbAb
 No voice is left to fill those halls
         Eb7Eb7
And no steps to grace the floor
                AbAb
For you see my mother sings in heaven now

Around God's golden throne

But I'll always believe

That this world is a better place
  DbDb      AbAb
Because one time
N.C
My mama sang a song

SONG:
 AbAb F minorFm  Eb MajorEb F minorFm   AbAb  Eb MajorEb DbDb AbAb BbM7Bbm7 AbAb
(Precious mem'ries  flood my soooooooooooooooul

Mama Sang A Song chords

"Mama sang a song" is a country music single released by Bill Anderson in 1962.