I Remember Mama Chords by Shirley Caesar

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_ _ _ _ [D] _ I remember mama [Gbm] and [G] the love that she [D] gave
_ _ [G] _ Needed by her [D] best
_ I [E] can still hear mama [A] say
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ The people are [D] depending on you Shirley
[Bb] Don't you let them [Bm] down
[D] _ _ [G] _ I remember
[A] _ _ In [G] a happy _
[D] _ way
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[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _ We went to school
_ [G] With hopes in our [D] shoes
_ _ [G] _ We did [D] have
_ _ [E] What the Lord saw [A] us through
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
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Together
[Bm] _ _ [D] Yes [G] we did I remember
[D] _ _ _ In [G] a happy [D] _ _ way
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[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _
She packed our lunch
_ _ [G] In an old greasy bag
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It might have [D] seemed empty
[E] But it was more than [A] others had
[D] _ _ [G] _ _
It [D] had a lot
_ _ _ [Gb] We got
[Bm] We beat
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_ [D] _ _ _ In [G] a [D] happy way
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_ [D] _ _ _ [G] In a happy [D] _ way
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ Now mama is sleeping
_ [Ab] In the bosom of Jesus [Eb] Christ Yeah
[Ab] _ Somehow I [Eb] know she's smiling
_ [F] She's smiling over
[Bb] Right now [Eb] together
_ _ [Ab] _ One day I'll see [Eb] her again
_ [G] [Am] I'll be her
[Cm] I will be her Yeah
[Ab] I _ [Eb] remember mama
_ [Ab] In a happy [Eb] _
way Yeah
[Ab] _ I [Eb] remember
_ _ In [Ab] a happy _ [Eb]
way
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ My brothers [Gm] and sisters
_ They're [Ab] living [Eb] far apart
_ _ [Ab] _ _ Although my [Eb] mama is gone
_ [F] She's right [Bb] here in our [Eb] hearts
_ [Ab] _ _ We're all gonna [Eb] pull together
_ [G] _ [F] And stay in the [Cm] Holy Land Wow
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Ab] In a happy [Eb] way Oh yeah
[Ab] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
In [Ab] a [Eb] happy _ way
_ [Gm] _ You know I [Cm] remember my mama _
When [Gm] I was about 12 years old
[Cm] _ _ I was going to church [Gm] Playing church
[C] How many of you used to play church?
Just let me see your hand
[Gm] _ Yeah some of [Cm] you still play _ _
_ [Gm] And I remember
[Cm] _ _ _
I go [Gm] down Mount Calvary
That's where I belong
[Cm] _ _ And I'd jump and [Gm] I'd shout
And I'd come back home
[Cm] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ But I was still [Cm] disobedient
_ I would talk [Gm] back
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_ [Gm] _ Me [Cm] and Ann here _ _ _
[Eb] We decided that we wanted to play [Cm] church _ _
[Gm] Let me tell you what we did
We went [Cm] out in the back
And started playing _ [Gm] _ church
[Cm] And my brother was a [Gm] pastor
_ _ _ [C] _ Me and Ann here
We were the members in the [Gm] church
_ [Cm] And let me tell you something
It's hard [Fm] to come in contact with Jesus
[Eb] _ And still be the same
[Bb] I don't care who you are
[Eb] I don't care you can be the Jesus of sin
[Gm] You will never be the [Cm] same _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ [Cm] And I've forgotten I've been going down
_ [Gm] _ To [Cm] the church playing church _
[Gm] Came home still disobedient
[Cm] Didn't want to wash the [Gm] dishes
Didn't want to bring the clothes in [Cm] off the line
Didn't want to do anything
_ [G] _ _ [Cm] Mama said I'm sick of you going down to that church
Playing with [Gm] God
_ [Cm] Me and Ann there
We went outdoors and started [Gm] playing church
[Cm] Sat down on the bottom step
My [Gm] brother was a preacher
[C] And we were the members in the church
He [Gm] put some old glasses
And [Cm] put them right here on his nose
And he said
[F] He said I [Gm] want you to jump up
And [Cm] shout Jesus three times _
[Gm] And I jumped up
And I shouted [Cm] Jesus two times
But when I jumped [Bb] up the third time
[Cm] Something got a hold of me
[Gm] I couldn't sit back [Cm] down
Ann ran in the house
_ [Gm] _ She said [Cm] Mama
So Shirley Ann is out there playing with [Gm] the Lord
_ [Cm] Mama came to the door _
[Gm] _ And she looked out there and [Cm] saw
Shouting and dancing
All [G] over the backyard
Tears running down my [Cm] face
It's just a lamp eye
[Gm] _ _ _ [C] _ Mama looked out [Gm] there and she said
_ [Cm] She ain't playing this time
Hallelujah
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[F] _ Happy [Eb] _ World
[G] I'm _
[Ab] _ a king of [Eb] my own Oh yeah _
[Bb] _ Happy [Eb] World
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_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] In a Happy [Eb] World _ _ _ _
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