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Mamas Hand by Lynn Morris

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Key: B

🎸 Intro: 

G

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

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

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


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


🎸 Instrumental: 
C      G   C   G      D      G


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

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


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


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


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