Momma Cried chords by Alison Krauss

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: G

🎸 Intro:

G   Bb A G    A G



🎸 Verse 1:
G
Momma loved us, every one
Bb    Am              G
Every daughter, every son
G
She gave herself so happily
Bb              Am               G
That's just the way she was, you see
G

From dawn to dark she'd find a chore
    Bb       Am            G
And work it 'til it was no more
G
And every day until she died
Bb     Am7         G
In the evening, momma cried


🎸 Chorus:
G     C
Momma cried;
      Bb
There was mourning in the evening
      C
Momma cried;
           Eb              G
'Cause her little girl was gone


Fiddle 🎸 Solo:
G   Bb  Am  G    Bb  Am  G


🎸 Verse 2:
G
Her little girl was snatched away
        Bb        Am             G
She was there and then just gone one day
G
And momma blamed herself
I'd say
    Bb     Am7             G
But all of us had debts to pay


🎸 Chorus:
G     C
Momma cried;
          Bb
There was mourning in the evening
      C
Momma cried;
       Eb                  G
'Cause her little girl was gone


Banjo & Guitar 🎸 Solo:
G C G  Bb Am G    Bb Am G


🎸 Verse 3:
G
I did my best to cheer her pride
G
That day that something broke inside
G
I swore I'd find her and I'd try
G
In the evening, momma cried


🎸 Chorus:
G     C
Momma cried;
          Bb
There was mourning in the evening
          C
And Momma cried;
           Eb              G
'Cause her little girl was gone
      C
Momma cried;
          Bb
There was mourning in the evening
G     C
Momma cried;
           Eb
'Cause her little girl was gone


🎸 Outro:
G  F G  Bb Am G   F G  Bb Am G