Mamas Funeral chords by Elizabeth Cook

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

G
Nah nah nah nah...

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

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

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


C G C G D

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

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

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

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

G
Nah nah nah nah...