Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Refrain:
A7A7 D MajorD D MajorD+ G+G E minor 7Em7
Throw mama from the train a kiss, a kiss;
G/BG/B A7A7 A7A7+5 D MajorD A7A7
Wave mama from the train a goodbye.
B minorBm Bm7/E EdimEdim E minorEm
Throw mama from the train a kiss a kiss,
CdimCdim A7A7 G+G E minor 7Em7 A7A7 EdimEdim D MajorD
And don't cry, my baby, don't cry.
Verse 1:
A7A7 D6/9 A7A7 D6/9 CdimCdim E minor 7Em7 EdimEdim A7A7
How I miss that sweet lady with her old country touch,
E minor 7Em7 A7A7 E minor 7Em7 A7A7 E minor 7Em7 D6D6 DM7 D6/9
Miss her quaint broken English called Penn sylvania Dutch;
A7A7 D9D9 D MajorD A7A7 D7D7 A7A7 G6G6 G7G7+ G6G6 E minor 7Em7
I can still see her there at the station that day,
EdimEdim G/F# EdimEdim D6/9 CdimCdim G/F# A7A7 D MajorD
Calling out to her ba by as the train pulled away.
Refrain:
A7A7 D MajorD D MajorD+ G+G E minor 7Em7
Throw mama from the train a kiss, a kiss;
G/BG/B A7A7 A7A7+5 D MajorD A7A7
Dry mama all your tears, won't you try?
B minorBm Bm7/E EdimEdim E minorEm
Throw mama from the train a kiss, a kiss,
CdimCdim A7A7 G/F# E minor 7Em7 A7A7 EdimEdim D MajorD
And eat mama up all her pie.
Verse 2:
A7A7 D6/9 A7A7 D6/9
Can't believe that she's gone now,
CdimCdim E minor 7Em7 EdimEdim A7A7
it's a lonely old town,
E minor 7Em7 A7A7 E minor 7Em7 A7A7 E minor 7Em7 D6D6 DM7 D6/9
Yet I know that her heavenly love keeps looking down;
A7A7 D9D9 D MajorD A7A7 D7D7 A7A7 G6G6 G7G7+ G6G6 E minor 7Em7
'Cause whenever I happen to be passing through,
EdimEdim G+G G/F# EdimEdim D6D6 D9D9 CdimCdim G+G G/F# A7A7 D MajorD A7A7
I could swear she was there with the warmth I once knew. And I
Refrain:
A7A7 D MajorD D MajorD+ G+G E minor 7Em7
Throw mama from the train a kiss, a kiss;
G/BG/B A7A7 A7A7+5 D MajorD A7A7
Wave mama from the train a goodbye
B minorBm Bm7Bm7 Bm7/E EdimEdim E minorEm
Throw mama from the train a kiss a kiss
CdimCdim A7A7 G+G G/F# E minor 7Em7 A7A7 EdimEdim D MajorD
And she throws one back from up high.