Bb
Momma and Daddy raised me with love and care
F
They sacrificed, so I could have a better share
Bb
They fed me and nursed me and sent me to school
FBb
Momma taught me how to sing, Daddy lived the Golden Rules
EbBb
When I think of the people alone and afraid
EbBb
Abandoned in wild like a fatherless child
Bb
I think of my Momma and how she could sing
FBb
In harmony with my Daddy, our laughter would ring.
(Chorus)
EbF
Down the highway, on the beaches
BbEb
Just as far as memory reaches
BbF
I still hear Daddy singin' his old Army songs
FBb
We'd laugh and count horses as we rode along.
FBb
We were young then, we were together
FBb
We could bear floods and fire and bad weather
Bb
And now that I'm older, grown up on my own
FBb
I still love Momma and Daddy best in my Idaho home.
Bb
Momma grew up on the prairies of Kansas
F
She was tender and sweet.
Bb
The dust and tornadoes blew round her
FBb
But they left her straight up on her feet.
Bb
My Daddy grew up on his own, more or less
F
His Momma died when he was just eleven.
He had seven sisters to raise him.
Bb
But he dreamed of his Momma in heaven.
EbBb
His Daddy drank whiskey and had a sharp eye.
EbBb
He sold chicken medicine farmers would buy.
Bb
Together they hunted the fields and the farms
FBb
When his daddy died, my Daddy rested in my Momma's arms.
(Chorus)
EbF
Down the highway, on the beaches
BbEb
Just as far as memory reaches
BbF
I still hear Daddy singin' his old Army songs
FBb
We'd laugh and count horses as we rode along.
FBb
We were young then, we were together
FBb
We could bear floods and fire and bad weather
Bb
And now that I'm older, grown up on my own
FBb
I still love Momma and Daddy best in my Idaho home.
Bb
And now that I'm older, grown up on my own
FBb
I still love my Mom and Daddy best in my Idaho home.
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.