Chords for The Carter Family: Dear Mama/May The Good Lord Bless & Keep You

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_ _ [C] _ Mother [Am] Maybel, come down and [C] join me, will you?
Mother Maybel, I want to tell you something.
We've got a little special thing here to do right now.
June, Helen, and Anita wrote a song with you in mind.
Come right down here. _
A special tribute to you.
As you know, Mother Maybel Carter is in the Country Music Hall of Fame.
She's got three daughters that have worked with her for years.
So have all of us worked with her for years.
We're awfully proud of her.
Mother, this song the girls want to sing is especially for you.
It's called Dear Mama. _ _
Dear _ [F] Mama, _ _ [C] _
now that [F] we're older, [C] we can [F] see the load [C] on those tired [F] old shoulders.
[C] Mama, [F] you're a trooper.
[C] Mama, you're a soldier.
Mama, _ [F] we [G] finally [C] come of _ age.
_ [Em] _ _ [C] When I [F] was growing up [C] and still a little girl, [G] I was always wondering [F] about the ways [C] of the world. _
Mama [F] tried to tell me [C] how my life was going to be, [G] but I was young and wild and [F] it was hard for [C] me to see.
_ _ _ [Am] _ [Em] _ [C] _ _
_ [F] Dear Mama, _ _ [C] _
now that [F] _ _ _ _ [Am] we can [F] see the load [C] on those tired [F] old [C] shoulders.
Mama, [F] you're a trooper.
[C] Mama, you're a soldier.
Mama, _ [Dm] we [G] finally come [C] of age.
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] She always [F] got me out of [C] bed early Sunday morning [G] and took me off to church [F] where I could learn [C] about the Lord.
And when I [F] started acting [C] kind of wild for my age, [G] she said, [Dm] take it easy.
[F] You're just [C] going through a stage.
_ _ Yeah, Mama, I'll tell you, all those years we worked together [F] on the road, I never thought
I'd ever forget the times that [C] you pressed my pants for me [F] and I'd try to go on stage with them [C] a little, Rick.
[F] Try to keep me [C] straightened out in other ways to get me [F] back home in shape [C] and all the other [F] kind of things.
And I'll [C] tell you, if I can pick my fishing buddies when the crappies start biting this spring,
[F] I'm going to choose you to go fishing with me [C] again, all right?
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ [Em] _ [C] _ _
_ [F] Dear Mama, _ _ [C] _
now that [F] _ _ _ _ [C] I can [F] see the load [C] on your tired [F] old [C] shoulders.
Mama, [F] you're a trooper.
[C] Mama, you're a soldier.
Mama, _ [Dm] we finally [G] _
come of [C] age.
_ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [C] _ Oh, _ _ yeah.
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_ Look at that hill over there.
[G] _ _ _ _
Isn't it _ _ _ _ _ surprising? _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ May the good Lord bless [C] and keep you, _ [D] whether near or _ [C] far [G] away. _
May you find [E] that [B] long [Am]
-awaited [G] [D] golden day _ _ [G]
today.
_ _ May your troubles _ all [D] [C] be small ones [D] and your fortune [G] [D] ten times [G] ten.
_ May the good [E] Lord bless [Am] and keep you till [D] we meet _ [G] _
again.
_ May [C] you walk with sunlight [G] shining _ and [C] a blueberry _ [G] tree.
_ _ [C] May there be a [G] silver lining _ [A] back of every cloud [D] you _ see.
Fill [G] your dream _ with [C] sweet tomorrow, _ [D] never mind what [C] might have [G] been.
_ May the good [E] Lord bless [Am] and keep you till [D] we meet _ _ [G] again.
_ _ May the good Lord [C] bless and keep you till we meet, [G] till [D] we meet _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ [G] again. _ _
_ [Am] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ Thank you, God. _
Thank you, [G] boys.
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