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My brother said that I, was rotten to the core.
D   D/F#      G           Em7                 A
I was the youngest child,  so I got by with more.
D      D/F#      G       A                D
I guess she was tired by, the time I came along.
D      D/F#   G             Em7              A
She'd laugh until she cried, I could do no wrong.
Em7                     A                  D
She would always save me, because I was her baby.


             Bm                    G
I worked a factory in Ohio, a shrimp boat in the Bayou,
D                         A
I drove a truck in Birmingham.
       Bm                  G
Turned 21 in Cincinnati,I called home to mom and daddy,
D                          A
I said "Your boy is now a man."
            Em7                     A                      D
She said "I don't care if you're 80, you'll always be my baby."


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She loved that photograph, of our whole family.
D       D/F#  G           Em7                     A
She'd always point us out, for all her friends to see.
D       D/F#      G         A                     D
That's Greg he's doing great, he really loves his job.
D       D/F#     G         Em7                         A
And Ronnie with his 2 kids, how 'bout that wife he's got.
             Em7          A                   D
And that one's kinda crazy, but that one is my baby.


         Bm                            G
I got a call in Alabama, said come on home to Louisianna 
D                            A
and come as fast as you can fly.
             Bm                         G
Cause your momma really needs you, and says she's got to see you, 
D                                   A
she might not make it through the night.
       Em7               A                    D
The whole way I drove 80, so she could see her baby.

     Bm                                  G
She looked like she was sleepin' and my family had been weepin' 
D                              A
by the time that I got to her side.
       Bm                                  G
And I knew that she'd been taken, and my heart it was breakin', 
D                     A
I never got to say goodbye.
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I softly kissed that lady, and cried just like a baby.


OUTRO
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     STRUM THREE  A74-(002033)
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