C                  F          C 
I started drinking and acting crazy 
            F     C 
Way back in sixty-five 
                    F           C 
Mama would pray and say he's my baby 
                     G7 
Lord please keep him alive 

            C         F               C 
Sister came home with two little children 
            F        C 
Her man had left her alone 
                       F            C 
Mama knew too well the hurt she was feeling 
      F                      C 
Cause Daddy had been gone so long 

F 
We all did our part 
C 
To add to her pain 
F 
We all broke her heart 
        G7 
But she never complained 

C           F          C 
She loved a lot in her time 
                          F          C 
She watched love grow and die on the vine 

She stood in the shadows 
   F            C 
So others could shine 
            G7         C 
She loved a lot in her time 

                    F                    C 
Mama's prayers were answered a long time ago 
                           F  C 
I ain't touched a drink in 1 years 
                      F        C 
Sister remarried to a good ol' boy 
                G7       C 
They don't live far from here 

F 
Mama's work is done 
C 
Now she's gone on home 
F 
The words in our hearts 
      G7 
Are engraved on her stone 

Repeat #4 
Tag: 
                 G7          C 
Mama you loved a lot in your time