Chords for Marc Broussard - A Life Worth Living

_ _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Know [G] how to live a life [D] worth living
Pick the [G] story [D] of Mamie Ruth
[G] Who together [D] with James Darryl
For a generation just like me and you
No doubt would be you'd make it
With [G] a love [D] only the world could hold
And [G] despite all [D] of the odds against them
Hard to follow or to let her go
[Em] Don't wanna let go
_ _ _ [D] [G] Oh the way it rained [D] the day they [A] came for Mamie
_ [D] With [G] a love so [D] strong that it took a [Bm] hurricane
To [D] try to wash away the [A] pain of [D] Mamie's family
_ [G] As [D] if they could, _ [A]
[D] as if they would
[G] Heal the pain of losing Mamie
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] Started out in small [D] town Louisiana
Getting married before seventeen
After waiting on her daddy's promise
Promise [A] turned [Bm] into her [D] daddy's dream
The years filled up with blessings
And the family branches grew
And Mamie and [G]
[D] Gerald's love was a light coming shining [A] through
_ _ [D]
Oh the way it rained the day they came [A] for Mamie
[D] _ With [G] a love so [D] strong that it took a hurricane
_ To try to wash away the pain of Mamie's family
_ As if they could, [A] as [Dm] if [G] they would
Heal the pain [D] of losing Mamie
_ [G] Old Isaac's strain [D] was nothing
The [A] joker'd feel that family's [D] grief
And in dying just like living
It was Mamie who took the lead
To _ live a [G] life worth [D] living _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ Oh [G] the way [D] it rained the day they came for Mamie
With [G] a love so [D] strong that it took a hurricane
To _ [G] try to wash [A] away the pain [D] of Mamie's family
[G] _ As if they [D] could, [A] _ as if they [D] would _ _ _
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