Mamas Funeral chords by Elizabeth Cook

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

G+G
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Verse 1:
          C majorC       G+G
At mama's funeral, organs didn't play
       C majorC         G+G
But you could hear the lonesome sway
    D MajorD
Of the local guitar man
     C majorC       G+G
He played Hank Williams songs
      C majorC     G+G
We all did 'Farther Along'
        D MajorD
The boys drank beer out by the barn
  C majorC        G+G
At mama's funeral

Verse 2:
G+G
Oh the birds showed up to sing
G+G
As we gathered round the ole porch swing
     C majorC
Where her feet had worn the paint off the boards
    G+G
And her pillow sat all faded and torn
G+G
Her children all took turns
G+G
Trying to find the words
        C majorC
Just wantin to say something right
       G+G
Bout the best friend they'd found in life
           D MajorD
And explain it to the nurses that came from the hospital
  C majorC       G+G
To mama's funeral

Chorus:
     C majorC                 G+G
It was surprising to me, thought it'd be as hard as it could be
     D MajorD
But everybody took a little piece of pain
     C majorC
And they spread it round like summer rain
    G+G
And it helped to ease the load
D MajorD
More than I could've known
  C majorC       G+G
At mama's funeral

C majorC G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD

Verse 3:
    G+G
And my family made me proud
G+G
Cause when the cryin got loud
       C majorC
The laughter followed close behind
         G+G
Daddy'd say "now don't y'all remember the time..."
G+G
Tables set up all over the place
G+G
Covered with pictures, candles and lace
     C majorC
The Quik Sack stayed open late
      G+G
Sold out of all their cups and paper plates
    D MajorD
To the strangers that gathered up on the hill
  C majorC       G+G
For mama's funeral

Chorus:
     C majorC                 G+G
It was surprising to me, thought it'd be as hard as it could be
     D MajorD
But everybody took a little piece of pain
     C majorC
And they spread it round like summer rain
    G+G
And it helped to ease the load
D MajorD
More than I could've known
  C majorC       G+G
At mama's funeral

C majorC       G+G
Organs didn't play
       C majorC         G+G
But you could hear the lonesome sway
    D MajorD
Of the local guitar man
     C majorC       G+G
He played Hank Williams songs
      C majorC     G+G
We all did 'Farther Along'
        D MajorD
The boys drank beer out by the barn
  C majorC        G+G
At mama's funeral

G+G
All the pretty flowers planted by her hands
G+G
Her guitar in a corner sittin on a stand

G+G
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