Capo 2nd fret
e | --------------------------3--------------------------------------------
B | --------------------------3--------------------------------------------
G | ------0-----00----0-------0--------------------------------------------
D | ----2---0h2---------3-2---0--------------------------------------------
A | --3-----------------------2--------------------------------------------
E | --------------------------3--------------------------------------------
C F G
Intro:C F G
C F
My mama got married to someone I barely knew
G F G
They had me and then they had my sister too
C F
I was too young to understand why he left
Am G
But how it broke Mama's heart, I'll never forget
F G D
It was three years before she met somebody new
F C F G
And though I didn't have much to compare him to
Chorus:
C F C
He was the best man, my mama ever loved
F C F G
Not the kind that walks away, but the kind that don't give up
Am Em F C
Devoted and true, someone to look up to
F C G
Even a boy of eight could understand
Intro
He was the best man
C F
He called me his son and I called him my dad
G C F
He was the like no friend I had ever had
C F
He taught me how to drive a nail and how to build a go-cart
Am G
And how to love a women with all of my heart
F G D
One night we watched him get down on one knee
F C F G
And ask mama to be his wife, then he asked me
C F C
To be the best man, and I stood by his side
F C F G
As he lifted the veil of that beautiful bride
Am Em F C
He said I do, then she did too
F C G
And she walked back down the aisle holding hands
Solo Chords
With the best man
**The Chords for the solo are:
A F G (x2)**
Am Em F C
He said I do, and then she did too
F C G
And she walked back down the aisle holding hands
Intro
With the best man
End On
C
