Papa Loved Mama Chords by Country Studio Crew
Tempo:
82.575 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
Em
B
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Em] [D] [E] [Em] [E]
[Em] [E] [Em]
[E] Papa drove a truck nearly all his life, you [A] know, and drove Mama crazy being a trucker's wife.
[Bm] The part she couldn't handle was the being alone.
I [C] guess she needed more than a holdin' [B] just a telephone.
[E]
Papa called Mama each and every night just [Am] to ask him how she was and if his kids were all right.
[B] Mama would wait for that call to come in, but [C] when Daddy hang up she [E] was gone again.
[G] [A] Mama was a looker, Lord how she [E] shined.
Papa was a good for nothing jealous [A] kind.
Papa loved Mama, Mama loved him.
[G] [E] Mama's [B] in the graveyard, [D] Papa's [Em] in the pen.
[E] Well, it be found to happen that one night of [A] dead, Papa came home and he was just [B] us kids.
He had a dozen roses and a bottle of wine.
If he [C] was lookin' to surprise us he [B] was doin' [E] fine.
I heard him cry for Mama up and down the [A] hall.
Then I heard a bottle break against [G] the bedroom wall.
[B] That old diesel engine made an eerie [C] sound when Papa fired it up and [E] hit it in the town.
[G] [E] Well, [A] the picture in the paper showed the scenery [E] and well, Papa's really buried in the local motel.
[A] The desk clerk said he saw it all real clear.
[Em] He never had [B] the breaks when he was shiftin' [F] gears.
[Gb] [G] [Ab] [A] Mama was a looker, Lord how she [E] shined.
Papa was a good for [Gb] nothing jealous [E] kind.
[A] Papa loved Mama, Mama loved him.
[Em] [B] Mama's in the graveyard, [E] Papa's in the pen.
[G] [Am] [A]
[E] [G] [E]
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[E] [Em] [Ab]
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[Em] [Ab]
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[Em] [E] [Em]
[E] Papa drove a truck nearly all his life, you [A] know, and drove Mama crazy being a trucker's wife.
[Bm] The part she couldn't handle was the being alone.
I [C] guess she needed more than a holdin' [B] just a telephone.
[E]
Papa called Mama each and every night just [Am] to ask him how she was and if his kids were all right.
[B] Mama would wait for that call to come in, but [C] when Daddy hang up she [E] was gone again.
[G] [A] Mama was a looker, Lord how she [E] shined.
Papa was a good for nothing jealous [A] kind.
Papa loved Mama, Mama loved him.
[G] [E] Mama's [B] in the graveyard, [D] Papa's [Em] in the pen.
[E] Well, it be found to happen that one night of [A] dead, Papa came home and he was just [B] us kids.
He had a dozen roses and a bottle of wine.
If he [C] was lookin' to surprise us he [B] was doin' [E] fine.
I heard him cry for Mama up and down the [A] hall.
Then I heard a bottle break against [G] the bedroom wall.
[B] That old diesel engine made an eerie [C] sound when Papa fired it up and [E] hit it in the town.
[G] [E] Well, [A] the picture in the paper showed the scenery [E] and well, Papa's really buried in the local motel.
[A] The desk clerk said he saw it all real clear.
[Em] He never had [B] the breaks when he was shiftin' [F] gears.
[Gb] [G] [Ab] [A] Mama was a looker, Lord how she [E] shined.
Papa was a good for [Gb] nothing jealous [E] kind.
[A] Papa loved Mama, Mama loved him.
[Em] [B] Mama's in the graveyard, [E] Papa's in the pen.
[G] [Am] [A]
[E] [G] [E]
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[E] [Em] [Ab]
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[Em] [Ab]
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Key:
E
A
Em
B
G
E
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Em
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[E] Papa drove a truck nearly all his life, you [A] know, and drove Mama crazy being a trucker's wife.
[Bm] The part she couldn't handle was the being alone.
I [C] guess she needed more than a holdin' [B] just a telephone.
[E]
Papa called Mama each and every night just [Am] to ask him how she was and if his kids were all right.
[B] Mama would wait for that call to come in, but [C] when Daddy hang up she [E] was gone again.
_ [G] _ [A] Mama was a looker, Lord how she [E] shined.
Papa was a good for nothing jealous [A] kind.
Papa loved Mama, Mama loved him. _
_ [G] [E] Mama's [B] in the graveyard, [D] Papa's [Em] in the pen. _ _
_ _ _ [E] Well, it be found to happen that one night of [A] dead, Papa came home and he was just [B] us kids.
He had a dozen roses and a bottle of wine.
If he [C] was lookin' to surprise us he [B] was doin' [E] fine.
I heard him cry for Mama up and down the [A] hall.
Then I heard a bottle break against [G] the bedroom wall.
[B] That old diesel engine made an eerie [C] sound when Papa fired it up and [E] hit it in the town.
_ [G] [E] Well, [A] the picture in the paper showed the scenery [E] and well, Papa's really buried in the local motel.
[A] The desk clerk said he saw it all real clear.
[Em] He never had [B] the breaks when he was shiftin' [F] gears.
[Gb] _ [G] _ [Ab] [A] Mama was a looker, Lord how she [E] shined.
Papa was a good for [Gb] nothing jealous [E] kind.
[A] Papa loved Mama, Mama loved him.
_ _ [Em] _ [B] Mama's in the graveyard, [E] Papa's in the pen.
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[E] Papa drove a truck nearly all his life, you [A] know, and drove Mama crazy being a trucker's wife.
[Bm] The part she couldn't handle was the being alone.
I [C] guess she needed more than a holdin' [B] just a telephone.
[E]
Papa called Mama each and every night just [Am] to ask him how she was and if his kids were all right.
[B] Mama would wait for that call to come in, but [C] when Daddy hang up she [E] was gone again.
_ [G] _ [A] Mama was a looker, Lord how she [E] shined.
Papa was a good for nothing jealous [A] kind.
Papa loved Mama, Mama loved him. _
_ [G] [E] Mama's [B] in the graveyard, [D] Papa's [Em] in the pen. _ _
_ _ _ [E] Well, it be found to happen that one night of [A] dead, Papa came home and he was just [B] us kids.
He had a dozen roses and a bottle of wine.
If he [C] was lookin' to surprise us he [B] was doin' [E] fine.
I heard him cry for Mama up and down the [A] hall.
Then I heard a bottle break against [G] the bedroom wall.
[B] That old diesel engine made an eerie [C] sound when Papa fired it up and [E] hit it in the town.
_ [G] [E] Well, [A] the picture in the paper showed the scenery [E] and well, Papa's really buried in the local motel.
[A] The desk clerk said he saw it all real clear.
[Em] He never had [B] the breaks when he was shiftin' [F] gears.
[Gb] _ [G] _ [Ab] [A] Mama was a looker, Lord how she [E] shined.
Papa was a good for [Gb] nothing jealous [E] kind.
[A] Papa loved Mama, Mama loved him.
_ _ [Em] _ [B] Mama's in the graveyard, [E] Papa's in the pen.
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