Tabbed by: Danny Halstead


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Mama cried when Frank Sinatra died
                                              D5
She wept for days, when old blue eyes passed away
                          F5                      D5
was like a death in the family, she only had one LP
                           G5                        F5
and she played it constantly, and it drove us all insane
                  C5                              G5
when Mama sang along to all them tin pan alley songs
                              D5
and she'd get the words all wrong
                       F5                        D5
and it didn't really matter, it made it sorta sadder
              G5
it's such a shame.


F5                                   C5
How Mama cried when Frank Sinatra died
                          G5
As good a reason as any other
                           D5
It's as if they had been lovers
                  F5                    D5
A long long time ago, but as far as I know
                     G5
She never caught a show
             F5                         C5
But all the same, her tears they were real
                     G5
and her grief was sincere
                         D5
and it came from a deep place
         F5              D5             G5
Beyond reason, beyond lyin' with our name


F5                             C5
Yeah Mama cried like I never saw
               G5                          D5
"Mama cried before," "That's not exactly true ..
                     F5                      D5
She cried a lot for you and Richard Burton too".
                      G5
It was all she could do
              F5                             C5
To ease the pain, she smoked cigarettes in bed
                      G5                          D5
Drank Kahlua as she read, everything the papers said
                     F5                           D5
she believed every word, now it seems sort of absurd
           G5                        F5
How Mama cried when Frank Sinatra died


F5                         C5
And her tears they were real
                     G5
and her grief was sincere
                         D5
and it came from a deep place
         F5              D5             G5
Beyond reason, beyond lyin' with our name
F5                                    C5
Yeah Mama cried when Frank Sinatra died