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[Verse 1]
      D 
At sixteen she quit high school 
            D
To make her fortune in the promised land
          G
She got a job behind the counter
      D
In an all-night hamburger stand 
          D
She wrote faithfully home to Mama
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"Now Mama don't you worry none
     D
From small things, Mama
A                  D
Big things one day come"

[Verse 2]
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It was late one Friday
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He pulled in out of the dark
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He was tall and handsome
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First she took his order then she took his heart 
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They bought a house on the hillside
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Where little feet soon would run
          D
Well from small things, Mama
A                  D
Big things one day come

[Bridge 1]
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Oh but love is fleeting
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It's sad but true
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But when your heart is beating
    A
You don't wanna hear the news

[Verse 3]
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She packed her bags
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And with a Wyomie County real estate man
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She ran down to Tampa
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In an El Dorado Grande
          D
She wrote back, "Dear Mama
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Life is just heaven in the sun
         D
'N' from small things, Mama
A                  D
Big things one day come," well alright!

[Solo]
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[Bridge 2]
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Well she shot him dead
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On a sunny Florida road
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And when they caught her all she said
                 A
Was she couldn't stand the way he drove

[Verse 4]
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Back home dear Johnny
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Prays for his baby's parole
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He waits on the hillside
          D
Where the Wyomie waters roll
       D
At his feet and almost grown now
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A blue-eyed daughter and a handsome son
           D
Well from small things, Mama
A                  D
Big things one day come
          D
Yeah from small things, Mama
A                  D
Big things one day come