Papa Loved Mama Uke tab by Garth Brooks

13 Chords used in the song: E7, A7, B7, C, B, E, F#, G, Ab, A, Em, C7, F

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Year:  2010
Difficulty: 
4.19
(Intermediate)
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E7 E7 
Papa drove a truck nearly all his life
A7 A7
You know it drove mama crazy being a trucker's wife
B7 B7
The part she couldn't handle was the being alone
C C B7 B7
I guess she needed more to hold than just a telephone
E7 E7
Papa called mama each & every night
A7 A7
Just to ask her how she was, and if us kids were alright
B7 B7
Mama would wait for that call to come in
C C B B E E E E - F# F# - G G Ab Ab - A A
But when daddy'd hang up, she was gone again

CHORUS 1:
A7 A7
Mama was a looker, Lord how she shined
E7 E7
Papa was a good'n, but the jealous kind
A7 A7-A7-A7-A7-A7-A7
Papa loved mama, mama loved men
Em Em B7 B7 E7 E7
Mama's in the graveyard, papa's in the pen


E7 E7
Well it was bound to happen, one night it did
A7 A7
Papa came home, when it was just us kids
B7 B7
He had a dozen roses, and a bottle of wine,
C7 C7 B7 B7
If he was looking to surprise us, he was doing fine
E7 E7
I heard him cry for mama up and down the hall
A7 A7
Then I heard a bottle break against the bedroom wall
B7 B7
That olâ diesel engine made an eeerie sound
C C B7 B7 E7 E7 E7 E7 - F# F# - G G Ab Ab - A A
When papa fired it up, and headed into town

CHORUS 2:
A7 A7
Oh, the picture in the paper showed the scene real well
E7 E7
Papa's rig was buried in the local motel
A7 A7-A7-A7-A7-A7-A7
Desk clerk said he saw it all real clear
E7 E7 B7 B7 E7 E7 E7 E7 F F F# F# - G G Ab Ab - A A
He never hit the brakes, and he was shifting gears

REPEAT CHORUS 1

Instrumental: A7 A7 E7 E7 (4 X, end on fourth time)

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