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