Hearse Cadillac Chords

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[Verse 1]
[Am]This song right here is
[Em]for my mom.[G][Em]
[Am]It's the hardest song I ever wrote in my [Em]life. I must have cried a million [Am]tears. I was[Em]n't going to write it at first,
[Am]but [Em]I figured if I[G] cou[Bm]ld do a song[Em] recognizing eve[Am]rything [Em]else, it's[Am] only [Em]right to write about the woman who gave me lif[Bm]e.[Em][Am][Em]
So this is dedicated to my mom[Bm]ma,
[Em]an d[Bm] all [Em]the other mommas that's not here today.
Straight from the heart,
[G]str[Em]aight from the
[Am]I got a call in the waiting room, from the nurse,
[Em]telling me to [G]come up[Bm]stairs, cause my [Em]momma's worse.
[Am]I was at my baby[Em]'s bedside in a flash,
but the look on [Bm]their faces told [Em]me she passed.
[Am]And everything went blank, I could[Em]n't think,
I couldn't believe [G]it, [Bm]even though she [Em]wasn't breathing.
[Am]And the life sup[Em]port
machine was turned off
And the tubes [G]removed from
[Bm]my n[Em]ose and mouth
[Am]I started trippin' and[Em] my
stepfather walks in and states,
Let her go, son, she's in a better place
[Am]She [Em]ain't [Am]suffer[Em]in' no more,
let her go, I won't
I should feel [Bm]good for her, but I [Em]don't
[Am]And she didn't deserve
to go like that, gee
[Em]I wonder why the good
[Bm]Lord didn't [G]take [Em]me
[Am]But instead,
[Em]I was pickin' up the telephone
Callin' up my sisters an[Bm]d brothers,
tellin' them [Am]I'm gone
Up drove a [Em]hearse,
a hearse can a [Bm]lie[Em]
[Am]A cr[Em]owd o[Am]f peop[Em]le gathered round,
dressed in [Bm]black[Em]
[Am]Up drove a h[Em]earse,
a hearse can a [Bm]lie[Em]
[Am]It had my pr[Em]ecious mother
[Bm]in t[G]he b[Bm]ack[Em]
[Am]Ever since you left [Em]here,
[Am]thin[Em]gs done changed
Christmas,
New
[Bm]Year's, and
Thanksgiving [Em]ain't the same
[Am]Without your button [Em]smile,
and since you're here
And every[G]body missed you
at the [Bm]family reunion
[Em]Espe[Am]cially me,
[Em]I trie[Am]d to play [Em]stro[Am]ng
[Em]Looked around, [G]didn't see you,
[Bm]couldn't [Em]stay long
[Am]Cause there's tears [Em]in my
eyes from your death
And if I'm gonna [G]cry,
I'm gonna cry by [Em]myself
[Am]It hurts me to d[Em]rive to your gravesite
And visit on your birthday
But it's only right,
I can't be[Am]lieve [Em]that your name is on a stone
Buried in the [Bm]ground, when
Mother's
Day [Em]rolled [Am]around
Now that you're gone,
[Em]I realize ho[Am]w much pai[Em]n and misery
[Bm]You went through b[Em]ecause of me
Go[Am]ing to jail, r[Em]aising hell, getting kicked
Out of school for fights and [Bm]keep
ing you [Em]up late at night
[Am]When you had to [Em]go to
work the next morn[Am]ing
So [Em]I could have food to [G]eat
and [Bm]shoes [Em]on my feet
[Am]And a place to s[Em]tay,
but being young and dumb
I couldn't understand it,
[Bm]so I t[Em]ook you fo[Bm]r grante[Em]d
[Am]I had a wi[Em]tness, you missed it, bo[Am]o
My [Em]little baby girl [Bm]blew a kiss at [Em]you
She nev[Am]er got to see her granny
[Em]But I told her about your spirit
And if she [Bm]call your [C]name, [Em]you can hear it
[Am]I dr[Em]ove a hearse, a hearse car[Bm]oline
[Em]A lo[Am]t of [Em]peopl[Am]e ga[Em]thered round,
dressed in [Bm]black[Em]
[Am]Drov[Em]e the [Am]hearse, t[Em]his[Am][Em]
[Bm]Cadillac
[Em]It h[Am]ad my pre[Em]cious mother,
[G]in [Bm]my la[Em]p
[Am]Be good to your ma[Em]ma
while you still got her
Hug her and kiss her cause [Bm]when she
[Em]gone you're gonna miss her
[Am]I wish I could've wr[Em]itten verse
Cause words can't express the pain
[Bm]that I felt when I [Em]saw the hearse
[Am]Drive off [Em]with my [Am]mama in[Em]side,
taking her [G]for a [Bm]last ride
[Em]I nearly die[Am]d,
cause that's [Em]how I felt boss
Putting a gun to my [Bm]head and blowing
the motherfuck[G]er [Em]off
[Am]But she would've wanted
[Em]me to be strong
Throw ten up,
not pin up and lift my [Am]chin [Em]up
[Am]She would've t[Em]old me get your money,
keep making moves
And take [G]care [Bm]of your nieces
and your [Em]nephews
[Am]Mama you're [Em]gone,
it's [Am]hard being without you
[Em]It ain't a day that goes[Bm] by
I don't think [Em]about you
[Am]Everybody's sayi[Em]ng count your
blessings and [Am]we'll[Em]
But they don't know [Am]how I feel
[Em]I ca[Am]n't b[Em]elieve this[Am][Em]
[Bm]I remember the day the
[Em]Lord took you away
It was yesterday
The whole world col[Bm]lapsed[Em]
[Am]It was l[Em]ike
All the arguments and the resentment
that [G]I felt f[Bm]or you
[Bm]When you treated [Em]me
bad didn't [Am]even matter
It has [Em]not crushed us no
You having problems [G]with your mama?
[Em]You got [Am]issues?
Y 'all [Em]talk it out, call her
Go visit her
[G]Do something rig[Em]ht now[Am]
Cause to[Em]morrow ain't promised
Ain't never gonna be the same
[G]No, [Bm]no, [Em]no, no
Ain't gonna be [Am]the same
with mama girl
[Em]Ain't nobody like mama
Ain't nobody
Ain't
[G]Ain't nobody
need [Em]you m[Am]ama, t[Em]o hold me,
and comfort me
Oh, [Am]mama[Em]
Hey, I [Em]need this