Intro:  B (x2444x@1)  E (022100@1)F# (244322@1)  B (x2444x@1)  E (022100@1)F# (244322@1)B (x2444x@1)             F# (244322@1)                  C#mShe (x13321@4)sat all alone on a bus out of Beaumont
     E (022100@1)        F# (244322@1)     BWith (x2444x@1)courage of just 18 years
  B (x2444x@1)             F# (244322@1)               C#mA (x13321@4)penny and quarter were taped to a letter
    E (022100@1)        F# (244322@1)         B (x2444x@1)     F# (244322@1)EAnd (022100@1)Mama's good-bye in her ears
    B (x2444x@1)            F# (244322@1)          C#mShe (x13321@4)watched as her high school faded behind her
        E (022100@1)            F# (244322@1)          BAnd (x2444x@1)the house with the white picket fence
     B (x2444x@1)          F# (244322@1)           C#mThen (x13321@4)she read the note that her Mama had wrote
E (022100@1)                        F#Wrapped (244322@1)up with twenty-six cents

Chorus:
                         B (x2444x@1)   F# (244322@1)   Abm (133111@4)F# (244322@1)  AbmWhen (133111@4)you get lonely   call me   anytime at all
               B (x2444x@1)   F# (244322@1)   Abm (133111@4)F# (244322@1)  AbmI'll (133111@4)be there with you    always    anywhere at all
                                    EbmThere's (xx4342@1)nothing I got that I wouldn't give
    E (022100@1)              C#mAnd (x13321@4)money is never enough
         E (022100@1)                                         F#Here's (244322@1)a penny for your thoughts    a quarter for the call
    E (022100@1)        F# (244322@1)    BAnd (x2444x@1)all-a your Mama's love

B (x2444x@1)       F# (244322@1)           C#mA (x13321@4)penny and quarter buys a whole lot of nothin
E (022100@1)         F# (244322@1)          BTaped (x2444x@1)to an old wrinkled note
             B (x2444x@1)         F# (244322@1)           C#mAnd (x13321@4)when she didn't have much, she had all Mama's love
E (022100@1)                 F#Inside (244322@1)that old envelope

Chorus

Abm (133111@4)                  F# (244322@1)         EOh, (022100@1)it's been years since Mama's been gone 
             Abm (133111@4)             F# (244322@1)               E (022100@1)  F# (244322@1)Abm (133111@4)F#But (244322@1)when she holds a coin she feels her love----just as strong

Chorus

C#m (x13321@4)                       EHere's (022100@1)a penny for your thoughts  a quarter for the call
               F# (244322@1)    BAnd (x2444x@1)all-a your Mama's love