"For Mama" w/ lyrics by Matt Monro Chords

[E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
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She said, my son, I beg of you, I have a wish that must come true,
The last thing you can do, _ _ [A] for mama.
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Please promise me that you will stay, And take my place while I'm away,
And give the children love each day, [F] I had to [E] cry, what could I [G] say?
[E] _ [F] _ How hard I tried to find a word, I prayed she would not [Dm] see me cry,
So much to say that should be heard, But only time to say [A] goodbye to mama. _ _
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[A] _ [Dm] _ They say in time you will forget, Yet still today my eyes are wet,
I tell myself to smile _ [A] for mama. _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ Now soon there'll be another [A] spring, And I will start remembering,
The way she loved to hear us sing, Her favorite song [Dm] Ave Maria.
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Ave Maria.
_ _ The [A] children all have grown up [Dm] now, I [Bb] kept [C] my promise to [F] mama,
I [Gm] cannot guide them _ [Dm] anymore, _ [A] I've done my best all [Dm] for mama.
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Ave [C] _ Maria.
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Still _ _ _ [A] this seems [Dm] so very small, [A] For _ _ all she did _ _
[Eb] for [Dm] me.
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