B E B I wish I'd known the man a little better that turned my mama on F#7 E He must have been a heck of a man cause mama was a lady don't you know B E B Mama was no prude but she was proper never wore her dress too short F#7 B She didn't care if you did but she'd never taken a drink E B Grandma Kate did the best she could to see mama grew up right F#7 E B So she'd be fitting one day for courting and to wear some gentleman's ring E B I wish I'd known the man a little better that turned my mama on F#7 B People was always laughing and sang a right sweet song B E B I wish I'd known the man a little better that turned my mama on F#7 E He must have been a heck of a man cause mama was a lady don't you know B E B I hear he came to town one day in a rusty old '49 Ford F#7 B Selling ladies shoes and assorted greeting cards E B He was k*ller good looking and easy to like and turning all the ladies heads F#7 E B But he saw mama first and Lord knows how some of them traveling men are B E B I wish I'd known the man a little better that turned my mama on F#7 E He must have been a heck of a man cause mama was a lady don't you know B E B Mama seemed to forget the things that grandma Kate had always told her F#7 B She ran away one night with that traveling man E B They bought gas at Reba's Truck Stop and drove to Desoto County F#7 E B But he brought her home with a ring upon her hand B E B Mama's told me how the fever took him when I was barely five F#7 B But I remember him pitching me up and catching me E B And I love to sit and listen to her tell me about my daddy F#7 E B She says he thought the sun would surely rise and set in me B E B I wish I'd known the man a little better that turned my mama on F#7 E He must have been a heck of a man cause mama was a lady don't you know
