Verse 1
 
E  
  At sixteen she quit high school  
 
to make her fortune in the promised land 
          A 
She got a job behind the counter in an 
    E 
all night hamburger stand  
 
She wrote faithfully home to mama 
                               C#m 
"Now mama don't you worry none" 
         E 
From small things, mama 
B                     E 
Big things one day come 
 
Verse 2
 
It was late one Friday he pulled in out of the dark 
       A 
He was tall and handsome; first she 
         E 
took his order, then she took his heart  
 
They bought a house on the hillside 
                               C#m 
Where little feet soon would run 
         E 
From small things, mama 
B                     E 
Big things one day come 
 
Verse 3
 
       A 
Oh but love is fleeting 
     E 
it's sad but true 
              A 
But when your heart is beating 
    B 
You don't wanna hear the news 
    E 
She packed her bags and  
 
with a Wyomie County real estate man 
        A 
She ran down to Tampa 
        E 
In and "El Dorado Grande" 
 
She wrote back, "Dear Mama 
                             C#m 
Life is just heaven in the sun 
     E 
From small things, mama 
B                     E 
Big things one day come" 
 
Well alright... 
 
Solo
 
E | E | E | E | A | A | E | E | E | E | E | C#m | E | B | E 
 
Verse 4
 
         A 
Well she shot him dead 
     E 
On a sunny Florida road 
          A 
When they caught her all she said 
                B 
Was she couldn't stand the way he drove 
 
     E 
Back home dear Johnny 
 
Prays for his baby's parole 
         A 
He waits on the hillside 
          E 
Where the Wyomie waters roll 
 
At his feet and almost grown now 
                                      C#m 
A blue-eyed daughter and a handsome son 
     E 
Well from small things, mama 
B                     E 
Big things one day come 
 
Well from small things, mama 
B                     E 
Big things one day come