Papa loved Mama (midi)

E

1. Papa drove a truck nearly all his life,

A

you know it drove mama crazy being a trucker's wife,

B7

the part she couldn't handle was the being alone,

C B7

I guess she needed more to hold than just a telephone.

E

2. Papa called mama each and every night,

A

just to ask her how she was and if us kids were alright.

B7

Mama would wait for that call to come in,

C B7 E

but when daddy'd hang up she was gone again.

A

Mama was a looker, Lord, how she shined,

E

papa was a good'n but the jealous kind.

A ~~

Papa loved mama, mama loved men,

E B7 E

mama's in the graveyard, papa's in the pen.

E

3. Well, it was bound to happen, and one night it did,

A

Papa came home and it was just us kids.

B7

He had a dozen roses and a bottle of wine,

C B7

if he was looking to surprise us, he was doing fine.

E

4. I heard him cry for mama up and down the hall,

A

then I heard a bottle break against the bedroom wall.

B7

That old diesel engine made an eerie sound,

C B7 E

when papa fired it up and headed into town.

A

Well, the picture in the paper showed the scene real well,

E

papa's rig was buried in the local motel.

A ~ ~

The desk clerk said he saw it all real clear,

E B7 E

he never hit the breaks, and he was shifting gears.

A

Mama was a looker, Lord, how she shined,

E

papa was a good'n but the jealous kind.

A ~ ~

Papa loved mama, mama loved men,

E B7 E

mama's in the graveyard papa's in the pen.

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(Garth Brooks)