| A xx222x |
| Bm x24432 |
| D xx0232 |
| D/F# 200232 |
| Em7 020000 |
| G 20012 |
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D------(000232)
G------(320033)
Em7----(020033)
A7sus4-(002033)
D------(000232)
D D/F# G A D
My brother said that I, was rotten to the core.
D D/F# G Em7 A
I was the youngest child, so I got by with more.
D D/F# G A D
I guess she was tired by, the time I came along.
D D/F# G Em7 A
She'd laugh until she cried, I could do no wrong.
Em7 A D
She would always save me, because I was her baby.
Bm G
I worked a factory in Ohio, a shrimp boat in the Bayou,
D A
I drove a truck in Birmingham.
Bm G
Turned 21 in Cincinnati,I called home to mom and daddy,
D A
I said "Your boy is now a man."
Em7 A D
She said "I don't care if you're 80, you'll always be my baby."
D D/F# G A D
She loved that photograph, of our whole family.
D D/F# G Em7 A
She'd always point us out, for all her friends to see.
D D/F# G A D
That's Greg he's doing great, he really loves his job.
D D/F# G Em7 A
And Ronnie with his 2 kids, how 'bout that wife he's got.
Em7 A D
And that one's kinda crazy, but that one is my baby.
Bm G
I got a call in Alabama, said come on home to Louisianna
D A
and come as fast as you can fly.
Bm G
Cause your momma really needs you, and says she's got to see you,
D A
she might not make it through the night.
Em7 A D
The whole way I drove 80, so she could see her baby.
Bm G
She looked like she was sleepin' and my family had been weepin'
D A
by the time that I got to her side.
Bm G
And I knew that she'd been taken, and my heart it was breakin',
D A
I never got to say goodbye.
Em7 A STOP Play Outro
I softly kissed that lady, and cried just like a baby.
STRUM ONCE D------(000232)
STRUM ONCE Dsus---(000233)
STRUM TWICE Em7----(020033)
STRUM THREE A7sus4-(002033)
STRUM ONCE D------(000232)
