C                  F          C
I started drinking and acting crazy
            F     C
Way back in sixty-five
                    F           C
Mama would pray and say he's my baby
                     G7
Lord please keep him alive

            C         F               C
Sister came home with two little children
            F        C
Her man had left her alone
                       F            C
Mama knew too well the hurt she was feeling
      F                      C
Cause Daddy had been gone so long

F
We all did our part
C
To add to her pain
F
We all broke her heart
        G7
But she never complained

C           F          C
She loved a lot in her time
                          F          C
She watched love grow and die on the vine

She stood in the shadows
   F            C
So others could shine
            G7         C
She loved a lot in her time

                    F                    C
Mama's prayers were answered a long time ago
                           F  C
I ain't touched a drink in 1 years
                      F        C
Sister remarried to a good ol' boy
                G7       C
They don't live far from here

F
Mama's work is done
C
Now she's gone on home
F
The words in our hearts
      G7
Are engraved on her stone

Repeat #4
Tag:
                 G7          C
Mama you loved a lot in your time