Mama's Face Cal Smith
My mama loved my[G] dad for fifty ye[D7]ars[G]
And she [C]worked along beside him in the [G]fields
[C]He never gave her much but [G]he gave her all he [C]had
[G]Dad's the only [D7]reason mama [G]lived
[G]My mama's face would [D7]light up like a [G]diamond
Each [C]time my daddy walked into the [G]room
[C]She'd stop what she was doing and [G]put her arms a[C]round him
[G]Dad's the only [D7]world my mama [G]knew
Mama never [D7]saw her roses [G]bloom that year
The [C]angels came before the robin's [G]song
[C]Mama said she didn't mind [G]going on ahead
But heaven won't be [D7]heaven till daddy?s [G]home
[G]When mama left she [D7]left dad a [G]lonely man
But he [C]talked to mama like she was still [G]here
[C]He'd talk about the hard times and the [G]good times that they'd [C]had
[G]As his old mind slipped [D7]back across the [G]years
Daddy never [D7]plowed his fields [G]again
He?d [C]just sat down and wait his time to [G]come
[C]Then one day he said I think I [G]hear a choir [C]singing
[G]He closed his eyes and [D7]went to live with [G]mom
[C]Lord I wanna thank you for the years they were here for me to [G]love
And [C]though it's hard to let 'em go Lord I know I'd let 'em go [G]again
If [D7]I could just have been there
And seen my mama's face when dad walked [G]in
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