Tom: C5

Intro: C5  E5  A5

C5    E5                 A5
Hey, Daddy just lost his pay
F5       F5   C5
What did he do it for
   E5                       A5
It never made it through our door
   F5           F5   A5
He drank the whole week away
    E5                F5
And what can a family say
      D5                G5
There must be a better way
    C5               F5
Now mama don't start to cry
      F5              C5
Let's give him another try
 

E5             A5
Pick up the telephone
F5        F5      C5
Tell him you want him home
   E5                        A5
To sit and watch the evenings pass
    F5       F5       A5
And readin' the Leaves of Grass
 

    E5                  F5
I'm caught in a closing door
     D5                 G5
It's pinning me to the floor
    C5               F5
Now mama don't start to cry
      F5              C5
Let's give him another try
 

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    E5                  F5
I'm caught in a closing door
     D5                 G5
It's pinning me to the floor
    C5               F5
Now mama don't start to cry
      F5              Bb5
Let's give him another try
 

           F5
When we're old and gray
        C5                     G5              Bb5
And the things we say are the things we really mean
   F5
So why cause a scene
            C5
When things ain't what they seem
           E5              A5
'Cause the end result's the same
    E5                F5
Now what can a family say
      D5                G5
There must be a better way
    C5               F5
Now mama don't start to cry
      F5              C5
Let's give him another try
 

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