Chords for Don't Throw Mama's Flowers Away
Tempo:
116.05 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C] [D]
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[D] [G]
On May [D] morning, a little girl of the woods brushed [G] out her golden hair and put [D] on her clothes.
[G] She ran to the garden and made her bouquet to take to her [D] mother so [G] far away.
The last time she saw her, [D] it had been seven [G] years.
Love that he drove them in [D] silence and tears.
[C] He promised to take her when [G] she turned ten.
But as they stopped [D] beside the road, the little girl [G] said,
Daddy, you said we were going to see Mama.
I made her this flower bouquet.
Why have we come to this cold, lonely roadside and why do we kneel and pray
that he don't throw [D]
Mama's flowers [G] away?
[C] And so [G] she
[C] [D]
[G] picked up the [D] bouquet from where he'd laid it down
and read her Mama's name on the cross [D] in the ground.
[C] The flowers [G] scattered as they fell from her hand.
The little girl looked up and cried, I don't understand.
Daddy, you said we were going to see Mama.
I made her this flower bouquet.
Why have we come to this cold, lonely roadside and why do we kneel and [C] pray
that [D] he don't throw Mama's flowers away?
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[G] Daddy, you said we were going to see Mama.
I made her this flower bouquet.
Why have we come to this cold, lonely roadside and why do we kneel and [C] pray
that [G] he don't throw [D]
Mama's flowers away?
[G] That he [D] don't throw Mama's flowers away.
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[D] [G]
On May [D] morning, a little girl of the woods brushed [G] out her golden hair and put [D] on her clothes.
[G] She ran to the garden and made her bouquet to take to her [D] mother so [G] far away.
The last time she saw her, [D] it had been seven [G] years.
Love that he drove them in [D] silence and tears.
[C] He promised to take her when [G] she turned ten.
But as they stopped [D] beside the road, the little girl [G] said,
Daddy, you said we were going to see Mama.
I made her this flower bouquet.
Why have we come to this cold, lonely roadside and why do we kneel and pray
that he don't throw [D]
Mama's flowers [G] away?
[C] And so [G] she
[C] [D]
[G] picked up the [D] bouquet from where he'd laid it down
and read her Mama's name on the cross [D] in the ground.
[C] The flowers [G] scattered as they fell from her hand.
The little girl looked up and cried, I don't understand.
Daddy, you said we were going to see Mama.
I made her this flower bouquet.
Why have we come to this cold, lonely roadside and why do we kneel and [C] pray
that [D] he don't throw Mama's flowers away?
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[G] Daddy, you said we were going to see Mama.
I made her this flower bouquet.
Why have we come to this cold, lonely roadside and why do we kneel and [C] pray
that [G] he don't throw [D]
Mama's flowers away?
[G] That he [D] don't throw Mama's flowers away.
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_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ On May [D] morning, a little girl of the _ woods brushed [G] out her golden hair and put [D] on her clothes.
[G] She ran to the garden and made her bouquet to take to her [D] mother so [G] far away. _ _ _ _
The last time she saw her, [D] it had been seven [G] years.
_ Love that he drove them in [D] silence and tears.
[C] He promised to take her when [G] she turned ten.
_ But as they stopped [D] beside the road, the little girl [G] said,
_ Daddy, you said we were going to see Mama.
I made her this flower bouquet.
_ _ Why have we come to this cold, lonely roadside and why do we kneel and pray
that he don't throw [D]
Mama's flowers [G] away?
_ [C] _ And so [G] she _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] picked up the [D] bouquet from where he'd laid it down
_ and read her Mama's name on the cross [D] in the ground.
[C] The flowers [G] scattered as they fell from her _ hand.
The little girl looked up and cried, I don't understand. _
_ Daddy, you said we were going to see Mama.
I made her this flower bouquet. _
_ Why have we come to this cold, lonely roadside and why do we kneel and [C] pray
that [D] he don't throw Mama's flowers away?
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_ [G] _ _ _ _ Daddy, you said we were going to see Mama.
I made her this flower bouquet.
_ _ Why have we come to this cold, lonely roadside and why do we kneel and [C] pray
that [G] he don't throw [D]
Mama's flowers away?
[G] That he [D] don't throw Mama's flowers away.
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_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ On May [D] morning, a little girl of the _ woods brushed [G] out her golden hair and put [D] on her clothes.
[G] She ran to the garden and made her bouquet to take to her [D] mother so [G] far away. _ _ _ _
The last time she saw her, [D] it had been seven [G] years.
_ Love that he drove them in [D] silence and tears.
[C] He promised to take her when [G] she turned ten.
_ But as they stopped [D] beside the road, the little girl [G] said,
_ Daddy, you said we were going to see Mama.
I made her this flower bouquet.
_ _ Why have we come to this cold, lonely roadside and why do we kneel and pray
that he don't throw [D]
Mama's flowers [G] away?
_ [C] _ And so [G] she _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] picked up the [D] bouquet from where he'd laid it down
_ and read her Mama's name on the cross [D] in the ground.
[C] The flowers [G] scattered as they fell from her _ hand.
The little girl looked up and cried, I don't understand. _
_ Daddy, you said we were going to see Mama.
I made her this flower bouquet. _
_ Why have we come to this cold, lonely roadside and why do we kneel and [C] pray
that [D] he don't throw Mama's flowers away?
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_ [G] _ _ _ _ Daddy, you said we were going to see Mama.
I made her this flower bouquet.
_ _ Why have we come to this cold, lonely roadside and why do we kneel and [C] pray
that [G] he don't throw [D]
Mama's flowers away?
[G] That he [D] don't throw Mama's flowers away.
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