Momma Cried chords by Alison Krauss

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Intermediate

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