Intro: CEm7Am7CEm7Am7
Hey, Daddy just lost his pay
Fmaj9F/GC
What did he do it for
Em7Am7
It never made it through our door
Fmaj9F/GAm
He drank the whole week away
EmFmaj7
And what can a family say
DGmaj7
There must be a better way
Cmaj7Fmaj7
Now mama don't start to cry
F/GC
Let's give him another try
Em7Am7
Pick up the telephone
Fmaj9F/GC
Tell him you want him home
Em7Am7
To sit and watch the evenings pass
Fmaj9F/GAm
And readin' the Leaves of Grass
EmFmaj7
I'm caught in a closing door
DGmaj7
It's pinning me to the floor
Cmaj7Fmaj7
Now mama don't start to cry
F/GC
Let's give him another try
Em7Am7Fmaj9F/GCEm7Am7Fmaj9F/GAmEmFmaj7
I'm caught in a closing door
DGmaj7
It's pinning me to the floor
Cmaj7Fmaj7
Now mama don't start to cry
F/GBb/C
Let's give him another try
F/C
When we're old and gray
CG/CBb/C
And the things we say are the things we really mean
F/C
So why cause a scene
C
When things ain't what they seem
Em7Am
'Cause the end result's the same
EmFmaj7
Now what can a family say
DGmaj7
There must be a better way
Cmaj7Fmaj7
Now mama don't start to cry
F/GC
Let's give him another try
Em7Am7Fmaj9F/GCEm7Am7Fmaj9F/GC
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.