Mamas Hand chords by Hazel Dickens

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

🎸 Intro:

A



🎸 Verse 1:
           A
I said goodbye to that plain little mining town
                                              D
With just a few old clothes that had made the rounds
                              A                D
I knew I was leaving a lot of things that were good
      A                                      E
But I thought I'd make a break while I still could

🎸 Verse 2:
   A
As I looked back to wave once more
                      D
To mama crying in the door
                                    A       D
For me and for what the world might have in store
        A                                     E
For she knew, I'd never be her little girl no more


🎸 Verse 3:
        A
She was drifting back to another time
                                D
When she was young and hoped to find
                            A          D
A better life than what her mama's had been
           A                        E
And it was hard to let go of mama's hand
          A
My mama's hand


🎸 Chorus:
E                 D               A
One old paper bag full of hand-me-downs
E                       D               E
Plain old country girl raised on gospel sound
     A                                          D
With only the love she gave me, pride in what I am
           A                        E
And it was hard to let go of mama's hand
          A
My mama's hand


🎸 Instrumental:
A
      D
   A  D
A     E


🎸 Verse 4:
  A
I thought of all the years she slaved
                            D
Thought of all the love she gave
                           A       D
Tried to make this rundown shack a home
  A                                   E
A dream that really died 'fore it was born


🎸 Verse 5:
        A
But she pulled us through the hardest times
                             D
And made us hold our head up high
                        A       D
A gift we carry with us all our lives
    A                               E
For we were oh so special in mama's eyes


🎸 Verse 6:
     A
As I looked back down that dusty road
                      D
To mama and her heavy load
                               A           D
I knew what I was leavin', I'd never find again
           A                        E
And it was hard to let go of mama's hand
          A
My mama's hand


🎸 Chorus:
E                 D               A
One old paper bag full of hand-me-downs
E                       D               E
Plain old country girl raised on gospel sound
     A                                          D
With only the love she gave me, pride in what I am
           A                        E
And it was hard to let go of mama's hand
          A
My mama's hand