G             D/F#       Am   C
Once when our mother called, 
G         D/F#        Am             C
She had a voice of last year's cough.
G          D/F#           Am   C
We passed around the phone,
G         D/F#     Am       C
Sharing a word about Oregon.
G             D/F# Am      C
When my turn came, I was ashamed.
G             D/F# Am      C
When my turn came, I was ashamed.

G  D/F#  Am  C  x2 (+ banjo solo)


[Verse 2]

G             D/F#       Am   C
Once when we moved away,
G            D/F#   Am        C
She came to Romulus for a day.
G         D/F#          Am   C
Her Chevrolet broke down.
G              D/F#      Am               C
We prayed it'd never be fixed or be found.
G              D/F#  Am             C
We touched her hair, we touched her hair.
G              D/F#  Am             C
We touched her hair, we touched her hair.

G  D/F#  Am  C  x4 (+ banjo solo)


[Verse 3]

G             D/F#      Am    C
When she had her last child,
G             D/F#        Am                 C
Once when she had some boyfriends, some wild.
G           D/F#        Am    C
She moved away quite far.
G            D/F#         Am     C
Our grandpa bought us a new VCR.
G                  D/F#      Am           C
We watched it all night, but grew up in spite of it.
G                  D/F#      Am           C
We watched it all night, but grew up in spite of it.

G  D/F#  Am  C  x4 (+ banjo solo)


[Verse 4]

G           D/F#        Am  C
We saw her once last fall.
G            D/F#       Am         C
Our grandpa died in a hospital gown.
G           D/F#        Am   C
She didn't seem to care.
    G              D/F#    Am               C
She smoked in her room and colored her hair.


[Outro]

G       D/F#   Am      C
I was ashamed, I was ashamed of her
G       D/F#   Am      C
I was ashamed, I was ashamed of her
G       D/F#   Am      C
I was ashamed, I was ashamed of her
G       D/F#   Am        C      G
I was ashamed, I was ashamed of her