I Remember Mama Pastor, Evangelist, Shirley Caesar Chords

[E] _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[A] _ [D] I remember Mama [G] and the love [D] that she gave
[G] Kneeling [D] by her bedside, [E] I can still [A] hear Mama say
[D] _ [G] The [D] people are depending on you, [Gb] Shirley
[Bb] Don't you let [Bm] them [D] down [G] in _ [D] _ [G] a happy [D]
way
[G] We _ [D] _ [G] _ [D] _ went to school [G] with holes [D] in our shoes
[G] We [D] didn't have [E] the love that the Lord [A] saw us [G] through
_ _ [D] _
_ [Gb] _ [Bm] Together, together, [G] yes we did
I [D] remember in [G] a [D] happy way
[A] _ [G] _ [D] _
[G] _ [D] _ She packed our lunch [G] in an old [D] creasy bag
_ [G] It might have [D] seemed empty, [E] but it was more [A] than others [D] had
[G] _ [D] It had a lot of [Gb] _ love deep [Bm] inside, [G] yes it did
In [D] _ _ [G] a happy [D]
way
[G] _ _ [D] _ [G] In a happy [D]
[Bb] way
[Eb] _ Now Mama is sleeping [Ab] in the bosom [Eb] of Jesus Christ
[Ab] Somehow [Eb] I know she's smiling, [F] she's smiling over [Bb] us right [Eb] now
[Ab] One [Eb] day I'll see her again, [G] _ [G] [Cm] I will [G] be, yes [Ab] I [Eb] _ will
[Ab] In a [Eb] happy way
_ [Ab] [Eb] In _ [Ab] a happy [Eb] [Ab] way
[Eb] My [Gm] brothers and sisters, [Ab] they're living [Eb] far apart
[Ab] _ [Eb] Although Mama, _ [F] she's right [Bb] here in our [Eb] hearts
[Ab] We're all [Eb] gonna _ [G] [B] pray and stay in the [Cm] Holy Land
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] In a [Eb] happy way
[Ab] In [Eb] _ _ [Ab] a happy [Eb] way
[Gm] I [Cm] remember my Mama, [Gm] when I was about 12 years old
[Cm] I was going to church, [Gm] playing church
[Cm] How many of you used to play church?
Let me see [Gm] your hands
Yeah, [Cm] some of you still play
[Gm] And I remember, [Cm] _ [Gm] you go to Mount Calvary, that's where I [Cm] belong
And [Eb] I'd jump and I'd shout and I'd come back [Cm] home
But [Gm] I was still [Cm] disobedient
I would [Gm] talk back, _ [Cm] and one day, [Gm] _ [Cm] me and Ann here
_ [Eb]
We decided that we wanted to [Cm] play church
Let [Gm] me tell you what we did, we [Cm] went out in the back and started playing [Gm]
church
[Cm] And my brother was a [Gm] pastor
[Cm] Me and Ann here, we were the [Gm] members in the church
[Fm] And let me tell you something, it's hard to come in contact with [Eb] Jesus
[G] And still [Ab] be the same, I don't care who you are
[Eb] I don't care, you can be the chiefs of [Gm] sinners, you will never be the [Cm] same
And [Gm] _
[Cm] I'd forgotten, I'd been going [Gm] down [Cm] to the church, playing church
[Gm] Came home, still [Cm] disobedient
[Gm] Didn't want to wash the dishes, didn't want to bring the clothes [Cm] in off the line, didn't want to do anything
[Gm] Mama [Cm] said, I'm sick of you going down to that [Gm] church, playing with God
[Cm] Me and Ann there, we went [Gm] outdoors and started playing church
[Cm] Sat down on the bottom step
[Gm] My brother was a [Cm] preacher, and we were the members in [Gm] the church
He put some old glasses [Cm] and put them right here on his nose
He [Gm] said, I want you to jump up [Cm] and shout Jesus three times
[Gm] And I jumped up and I [Cm] shouted Jesus two times
[Bb] But when I jumped up the third [Cm] time, something got a hold of [Gm] me
I couldn't sit [Cm] back _ [Gm] down
She [Cm] said, Mama, so Shirley Ann is [Gm] out there playing with the Lord
[Cm] Mama came to the door
[Gm] And she looked out [Cm] there and saw them shouting and dancing
[G] All over the backyard, tears running down [Cm] her face
It's just a [Gm] matter of time
_ [Cm] Mama [Gm] looked out there and she said, [Cm] she ain't playing this time
[Fm] I'm _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Fm] _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _
happy now
_ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] I'm happy [Eb] _ [B] _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] now
I'm [Eb] happy now _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _