CAPO: 2


Intro: Am  F  E7  Am    F  E7  Am 

verse 1 
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They built this club back when I was three 
      Am       F           E7  Am 
Momma sang for dollars and Daddy drank for free 
                      F              E7 
While I’d hide in the kitchen eatin’ rich folk’s hors d’oeuvres 
    Am                F         E7                  Am 
And listenin’ to them talk about Momma's sweet young curves 


[Refrão]
 
                 F           E7 
Now, Momma was a lady, never did nothin’ wrong 
Am              F              D             Am 
Lord, could she help it if her legs were too long 
                      F                E7 
She sang hymns Sunday mornings, but at night she’d sing the blues 
       Am    F         D       Am     F  E7  Am 
In her satin skirt and dancin’ shoes 

verse 2 
                     F             E7 
There’s a picture of Momma hanging over the bar 
     Am            F           E7          Am 
Papa said that one day he would make her a star 
              F   E7 
But time goes by, dreams and pictures fade 
      Am      F           E7      Am 
Cruel drink became Papa’s only crusade 


[Refrão]
 
       F         E7 
Broken hearts and cigarette smoke 
      Am         F         D  
Well, I spent my time just growing up broke 
    Am          F            E7 
I’d wear Papa’s shirt, still smellin’ of the booze 
            Am    F         D       Am 
And Momma’s satin skirt and dancin’ shoes 


Instrumental: Am  F  E7  Am    F  E7  Am 


verse 3 
                    F        E7 
Well, Papa drank himself six feet under dirt 
Am             F           E7     Am 
Momma, she got tired of her satin skirt 
               F           E7 
She left it to me with her shoes and a note 
      Am         F        E7           Am 
“When life is funny”, was all that she wrote 


[Refrão]
 
              F         E7 
Well, I don't know how I made it this far 
  Am           F            D          Am 
I didn’t learn much in that lonely old bar 
                     F        E7 
But I learned how to flirt and to sing the blues 
           Am    F         D       Am 
In Momma’s satin skirt and dancin’ shoes 


Instrumental: Am  F  E7  Am    F  E7  Am 


[Refrão]

                     F               E7 
Oh, now, Momma was a lady, oh, never did nothin’ wrong 
        Am           F            D             Am 
But her hair was too wavy and her legs were too long 
                   F          E7 
She’d look like an angel with nothing left to lose 
           Am    F         D       Am   
Oh, in her satin skirt and dancin’ shoes 
                        F               E7 
She’d praise god Sunday morning, but at night she’d sing the blues 
     Am    F         D       Am 
In a satin skirt and dancin’ shoes