Papa Loved Mama lyrics and chords

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Papa Loved Mama
Recorded by Garth Brooks
Written by Kim Williams and Garth Brooks

C
Papa drove a truck nearly all of his life
            F
You know it drove mama crazy bein' a trucker's wife
    G7
The part she couldn't handle was bein' alone
            G#                              G7
I guess she needed more to hold than just a telephone

C
Papa called mama each and every night
        F
Just to ask her how she was and if the kids were alright
G7
Mama would wait for the call to come in
         G#                      G7           C
But when daddy hung up the phone she was gone again

F
Mama was a looker Lord how she shined
C
Papa was a good'n but the jealous kind
F
Papa loved mama mama loved men 
                        G7            C
Mama's in the graveyard papa's in the pen


Well it was bound to happen and one night it did
     F
Papa came home and it was just us kids
   G7
He had a dozen roses and a bottle of wine
          G#                     G7           C
If he was looking to surprise us he was doing fine


I heard him cry for mama up and down the hall
       F
Then I heard a bottle break against the bedroom wall
        G7
Oh that old diesel engine made an eerie sound
          G#              G7          C
When papa fired it up and headed into town

F
The picture in the paper showed the scene real well
C
Papa's rig buried in the local motel
F
The desk clerk said he saw it all real clear
                               G7           C
He never hit the brakes and he was shifting gears
 
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