Chords for Jackson Southernaires singing Teddy Bear "Get out your handerchief"

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_ [C] _ _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ We were on our way to sing in our little town, [F] _ _ [C] _ [F] trying to get there [C] before the sun went down.
[Am] _ [G] _ [A] We had the old CB on channel [C] 19, _ _ and there [F] came a little boy's voice [C] on the radio line.
_ [Em] _ [F] _ He said, Breaker, Breaker, 19, is anyone there?
_ [C] _ [G] Come on back, someone, [C] and talk to Teddy Bear.
_ [Am] _ [G] _ I picked up the microphone and said, Talk to me, Teddy Bear.
_ [C] And [F] the little boy's voice [C] came back on the air.
_ [Am] _ [G] _ He asked, Who do we have on that end?
[F] _ _ [C] _ [F] I told him my name, [C] and he began.
_ [Am] _ [G] _ He said, I'm not supposed to bother you people out there,
_ [C] cause my [F] mom says you're busy, [C] and to stay off the air.
[Em] _ [F] _ But you see, I get lonely, and it helps to talk,
_ [C] cause that's about all I can do.
I'm crippled, and I can't [Am] walk.
[G] _ And I came back and told him to pick up his [A] mic.
_ [C] _ [F] And I talked to him as [C] long as he liked.
_ [Am] _ [G] _ This was my daddy's radio, the little boy said.
_ [C] _ [F] But I guess it's mine and [C] mom's now, cause daddy's [Am] dead.
[G] _ My dad had a wreck about a month ago.
[C] _ _ [F] He was trying to get [C] home in a blinding snow.
[Em] _ [F] _ My mom has to work now to make ends meet.
_ _ [C] _ And I'm not much help with my two crippled feet.
[Em] _ [G] _ She says not to worry, we'll be alright.
_ [C] _ [F] But I hear her crying [C] sometimes, late at night.
[Am] _ [G] _ [D] There's one thing I [G] want more than anything [F] else, you see.
_ [C] _ [F] Oh, I know you people [C] are too busy to be bothered with [A] me.
You [G] _ see, my dad used to take me for a ride when he was home.
_ [C] _ [F] But I guess that's all over [C] now, since dad is gone.
[Em] _ [F] _ And you know, not one person came on the CD,
_ [C] _ while that little crippled boy talked to me.
[Am] _ [G] _ [D] _
[G] On my face, tears began [A] to run down,
_ [C] as [F] I thought about my loved [C] ones near that old Jackson town.
_ [Am] _ [G] He said dad was going to take mom and me [C] with him later this year.
I [F] remember him saying someday [C] this place will even be yours, Teddy Bear.
[Am] _ [G] _ _
But I know I'll never see him again.
_ [C] _ [F] So I'll just sit here and keep in touch with all my CD friends.
[Em] _ [F] _ He said, well, Teddy Bear is going to get off the air and leave you alone,
[C] _ because it's about time for mama to come home.
_ [Am] _ [G] _ But you give me a call when you're passing through,
[Am] _ _ [C] and I'll [F] sure be happy [C] to talk to you.
_ [Am] _ [G] _ I said, oh, where do you live, my little [Am] friend?
_ [C] And [F] then our conversation [C] started all over again.
_ [Am] _ [G] _ He said, my house is not hard to find.
_ [C] _ [F] I live on Jackson [C] Street, 229.
[Em] _ [F] _ And as I turned the corner, oh, I was really, really shocked,
[C] _ because cars and trucks were lined up for nearly two blocks.
[G] _ [Dm] People for miles [G] around called Teddy Bear a call,
_ [C] and [F] that little cripple boy was [C] having himself a ball.
_ [Am] _ [G] For as fast as one driver would bring him in,
[A] _ _ [C] someone [F] else would pick him up [C] and take him out again.
[Am] _ [G] _ You better believe I took my turn to [A] ride Teddy Bear.
_ [C] _ [F] Then I carried him back and [C] put him down in his chair.
[Em] _ [F] _ Lord, if I never live to see happiness again,
_ [C] _ [Em] believe me, I saw it that day [C] in the face of that young man.
[Am] _ [G] _ We took up an offering for him before his mother came [C] home,
[F] then we said goodbye, [C] and then we were gone.
[Am] _ [G] _ [Dm] And he shook my [G] hand with a mile-long grin
_ [C] and said, [F] so long, [C] I hope to see you again.
_ [Am] _ [G] Lord, I [D] drove back to that interstate [G] with tears in my eyes,
_ _ [C] and I turned [F] on the CB, and [C] there was another surprise.
_ [Em] _ [F] _ Breaker, breaker, one night, a voice came into the air,
_ [C] said just a word of thanks from Mama Teddy Bear.
[Am] _ [G] [D] She said, I will always say a special prayer for you,
because [C] _ [F] you just made my little boy's dream come true.
[Am] _ [G] _ [D] _
Slowly, she said, [G] I sign off now,
_ [C] _ _ [F]
before I start to cry.
_ _ [Am] _ [G] [D] Then she said, may God bless each and every one of [C] you,
[F] tenfold, [C] goodbye. _ _ _ _ _ _
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