Mama Sang A Song Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]God put a [F]song in the [E]heart of an [Am]angel
And [Dm]softly she [G]sang [Em]it t[G]o me[C][Am][G][C]
I get to thinking lots of times
[F]about back when I was a lad
[C]Of the old home place where I grew up
Of [G]the days, [Am]both good and [D]bad[G]
My [Dm]overalls were hand -me [G]-downs
My shoes were full of [C]holes
I used to walk [F]four [C]miles
to school every day
Through [F]the rain, the sleet,
and the cold
[C]I've seen the nights when
my daddy would cry
For the things that his family would need
But [G]all he ever got was [C]a badland farm
and 700 miles to [Am]feed.
[C]And yet, and yet our home fire
never [G]flickered once.
Cause when all these
things were [C]wrong,
Mama took the hymn book down
and Mama sang [G]a song.
[C]What a friend we have in [F]Jesus.[C]
I've been rocked to sleep many a night
to the tune of what a friend,
[G]and come morning,
rock of ages [Em]would wake me gently [Dm]once [C]again.
And then Daddy would reach up
and he'd take the Bible [Bb]down,
[F]and he'd read it, read it loud and long,
and I always felt that [C]maybe our home was blessed
when Daddy [G]would say,
Mama, sing a [C]song.
Sister left home first, guess,
then [F]Bob, then Tommy, [C]then [F]Dad.
By then, Dad's [C]hair was turning [Bb]white,
and I had to be Mama's little man.
But it seemed that as Daddy's
[F]back grew weak,
my mother's faith just [C]grew strong.
And those were the greatest [F]days of all,
when Mama sang a song.
[Dm]Rock [F]of Ages, cle[Bb]ft for me[F]
Let me hide myself [C]in [F]Thee[Am][Dm][C]
I guess the house is still standing
[F]But I don't get to go
back there anymore
[Dm]No v[C]oice is left to fill those halls,
and no steps to grace [F]the floor.
For you see,
Mother sings in heaven now,
around God's golden throne.
But I'll always believe
that this world [Bb]is a better place,
because one [F]time,
my mama sang a song.
Precious [C]memories [C]flood my [Bb]soul[F]