Mamas Hand chords by Lynn Morris

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 4th

Key: BB

🎸 Intro:

G+G

🎸 Verse 1:
      G+G
I said goodbye to that plain, little mining town
                      C majorC
With just a few old clothes that'd made the rounds
               G+G        C majorC
I knew I was leavin' a lot of things that were good
   G+G                   D MajorD
But I thought I'd make a break while I still could

  G+G
As I looked back to wave once more
           C majorC
To mama cryin' in the door
                G+G    C majorC
For me and what the world might have in store
     G+G                 D MajorD
For she knew I'd never be her little girl no more

🎸 Verse 2:
    G+G
She was driftin' back to another time
                C majorC
When she was young and hoped to find
              G+G     C majorC
A augmentedA better life than what her mama's had been
      G+G            D MajorD        G+G
And it was hard to let go of mama's hand, my mama's hand


🎸 Chorus:
D MajorD         C majorC          G+G
One old paper bag filled with hand-me-downs
D MajorD           C majorC        D MajorD
Plain old country girl raised on gospel sounds
   G+G                     C majorC
With only the love she gave me, pride in what I am
      G+G            D MajorD        G+G
And it was hard to let go of mama's hand, my mama's hand


🎸 Instrumental:
C majorC   G+G  C majorC  G+G   D MajorD   G+G

🎸 Verse 3:
 G+G
I thought of all the love she gave
                C majorC
I thought of all the years she slaved
               G+G    C majorC
To try and make this run-down shack a home,
 G+G                 D MajorD
A augmentedA dream that really died 'fore it was born

    G+G
But she pulled us through the hardest times
               C majorC
And made us hold our head up high
             G+G    C majorC
A augmentedA gift we'd carry with us all our lives
  G+G              D MajorD
For we were so special in mama's eyes


🎸 Verse 4:
  G+G
As I looked down the dusty road
           C majorC
To mama and her heavy load
               G+G      C majorC
I knew what I was leavin' I'd never find again
    G+G            D MajorD        G+G
It was hard to let go of mama's hand, my mama's hand


🎸 Chorus:
D MajorD         C majorC          G+G
One old paper bag filled with hand-me-downs
D MajorD           C majorC        D MajorD
Plain old country girl raised on gospel sounds
   G+G                     C majorC
With only the love she gave me, pride in what I am
      G+G            D MajorD        G+G
And it was hard to let go of mama's hand, my mama's hand


🎸 Outro:
    G+G            D MajorD        G+G
It was hard to let go of mama's hand, my mama's hand