Chords for Carlene Carter Austin 1

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Well beings that we were on the subject of the Carter family a few minutes ago
I'm I'm a third generation Carter for those of y'all that don't know and that basically means that my grandmother
made a living picking the guitar her name was Mabel Carter and _ _ _
She's the sweetest lady I've ever known in my life
And she had a great sense of humor and when I was growing up me and my little sister Rosie
we used to travel around with her and my mama June and
Helen and Anita in the back of a big old black Cadillac and my grandma used to just fly down the highway state troopers chasing
after I'm not kidding and _
Just got these wonderful memories and standing on the side of the stage and seeing her play the guitar and
You know, I remember seeing her with the nitty-gritty [Ebm] dirt band and she walked on stage
She never touched her guitar [N] said anything.
She got a standing ovation.
I went shoot my grandma
pretty cool
_ Anyway, I wanted to write a song [E] about the days when I was a little girl cuz I'd give anything to go back there and
Live that over again.
I'd pay a [C] whole lot more attention cuz I miss her like crazy
This is about me in the Wildwood Rose
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] Ring I was little I was [F] the biggest [G] kid
I [Am] wanted to do what [F] the grown [G]-ups did
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In that big shiny car we'd head down the road
Sing for the miners who brought out coal many [Am] times
Slept on [F] the floor for [G] coal
_ on [Am] quills
_ [F] Violin sister
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_ _ _ _ Back _ [C] _
to the days
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_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ We'd be We
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Biscuits and gravy and trust song
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_ _ [F] So what [G] I saw in the
[A] _ _ [F] I'd get a week [G] from my [C] Brain
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_ _ _ Back [C] to the days grandma
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Love _ the day that she died
_ _ _ _ _ My daddy _ _ started crying [Am] I rode on an airplane [F] with all of [G] my pain _
[A] My tears would not stop [F] we stood in [A] a circle [C] and sang
And [F] if I could change a thing
This [C] world I go back to the days grandma and her girls
[G] seen is sweet
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