Chords for Col Hardy & Troy Cassar-Daley - Mama's Hungry Eyes

This next man is one of the first artists we saw on the Brian Young [G] show.
And it took a while to try [Gm] and find out where he is and try and work out whether he's [N] going to be in Tamworth and stuff.
And I remember one of the most memorable things were, like a big bunch of us were after him, people were there, right?
[Gm] We're sitting in the Capitol Theatre, the old Capitol Theatre in Tamworth, and this man came on and he's [G] just about to start to sing [Gm] this beautiful old Merle Haggard song.
And he made out that he forgot the words.
And he put it out to the crowd.
And of course my [C#] mum and my aunties hardly say a [G] word.
But the first thing they did was scream out the first words to this [F] song.
And I think it almost [G] scared him.
[D] So I'm glad it didn't scare him so much, he didn't want to come to this show.
But please make welcome [N] a legend in country music, Mr.
Cole Hardy. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [G] I'm so glad you made it.
I know this man, I'll plug you in here. _
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_ _ _ Now the song was an old Merle Haggard song called Mumma's Hungry [Gm] Eyes, right?
And it's one of my old favourites.
And when you sang it, it made me [G] realise that I wasn't alone.
There were other people [G#] that loved that old country music like I did.
And when we saw you sing it, [Gm] Cole, it made my whole trip complete.
So thank you for agreeing to sing it on this show [G#] as part of the memory, so I [N] really appreciate that. _
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Because [G] as you can see, I come from Longreach, so I've got to _ _ put it up a little bit.
[Gm] Has your festival been enjoyable [G] so far?
It's been wonderful.
That's great.
Really good.
It's good to see all the people here too.
I know we're having a wonderful [A] time.
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A [A] canvas from a cupboard cabin in [G] a crowded labour [D] camp _
Stands out [A] in this memory _ I revive
_ _ My _
[C#] _ _ [A] daddy raised a family there [G] with two _ [D] hardworking hands
_ And tried to feed [A] my _ momma's [D] hungry eyes _ _ _
[A] He drank of something better
[G] And our momma's faith [A] was strong
_ _ As [D] kids were just too young to realise
_ Just _
_ _ [D] another _ class of people
_ [Em] Maybe somewhere _ [D] just below
_ And more sacks _ [A] in my _ momma's [D] hungry _ eyes _ _
Momma never _ [G] had the luxury [D] she wanted
[A] _ _ _
_ And it wasn't cause [G] my daddy [D] didn't cry
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_ [D] She only wanted [G] _
things she [D] really _ needed _
One more reason _ [A] for my momma's [D] hungry eyes
[A] _ _ _
_ I remember _ daddy praying _ [G] for a better _ [D] way of life
_ But I don't recall a change [A] of any size _ _ _
_ [D] Just a little _ loss of courage _ [G] as their age [A] began to show
_ One more sadness in my _ momma's [D] hungry eyes _ _ _
Momma never _ [G] had the luxury [D] she wanted _ _
And it wasn't cause [G] my daddy _ [D] didn't cry
[D] _ She _ _ only wanted [G] things she [D] really needed
One _ _ _ more reason [A] for my _ momma's [D] hungry eyes _ _ _
Oh I still recall [A] my momma's [D] hungry [Am] eyes
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