G      D                             C           G 
No     affection were the words that stuck on my mind 
         D                        C         G 
When she walked out on me for the very last time 
   G                         G7              C 
Oh mamma sweet mamma can you tell me what to say 
        G                         D7           G 
I don't know what I've done to be treated this way 
     D                            C          G 
In a cold dirty room that's where I found myself 
       D                       C             G 
With a bottle of wine and some pills off the shelf 
   G                         G7              C 
Oh mamma sweet mamma can you tell me what to say 
        G                           D7        G 
I don't know what I've done and I'm feeling so ashamed

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        E                      D    A 
Then an angel appeared she was just 17 
     E                     D             A 
In a dirty old gown with a conscious so clean 
  A                          A7              D 
Oh mamma sweet mamma can you tell me what to say 
      A                            E          A   A7 
She's brought back the life that I once threw away 
      D                A           E          A    D     A 
She's brought back the life that I once threw away