Chords for Mama Didn't

[G] Mama didn't like tractors, [C] Mama didn't like cows,
[D] Didn't care much for no grain [G] trail,
And she couldn't stand the sight of your [D] plow.
[G] Mama didn't like old farm [C] trucks,
And roosters, and nannies, or sows,
[D] He loved her and she loved him,
And I'll never understand how.
[G] Daddy didn't like wasting [C] time,
Daddy didn't like to sit,
[D] Daddy didn't really like to eat [G] chicken,
Cause he said they [D] ate their own shit.
[G] Daddy didn't like household [C] chores,
He liked being out on the farm.
[D] As for me and my brother and sister,
It ain't ever do us no [G] harm.
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[G] Daddy never much went to the doctor,
[C] But not because Daddy never got sick,
[D] Just keep on working,
Push his [G] body until it wouldn't [D] nearly lick,
[G] Sit him down a glass of buttermilk,
And [C] cornbread and tea for a couple of days,
[D] And get back to it,
Cause that's what you do when you gotta feed a family.
[G] Mama never cursed or [C] swore,
Everything that she told her way,
[D] Just keep on trying,
Change things [G] around,
Then let it [D] go and pray,
[G] If there ever was a kind of [C] woman,
Mama was trying to do better each and every day,
[D] Well I never did see it,
And I bet you ain't need it,
So just touch it and be on your way.
[G] Mama didn't like tractors,
[C] Mama didn't like plows,
[D] She did like the sight of that old [G] farm boy,
That's why I'm singing [D] to you now.
[G] Daddy didn't like preaching,
[C] Didn't care but to church,
[D] That choir girl singing in the second row,
Made his heart fitter, fatter and lurder.
[G] Mama didn't like tractors,
[C] Mama didn't like plows,
[D] Didn't care much for no brain [G] drill,
And she couldn't stand the [D] sight of him plow.
[G] Mama didn't like old farms,
[C] No new pruners,
And any new style,
[D] He loved her and she loved him,
And that's why I'm standing here now.
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