Chords for Mama's Family Bible

The estate [F] was being settled
_ _ [Gm] _ [Bb] There was [F] only one [Bb] thing left
_ My mama's [F] family Bible
_ Was lying [C] on the shelf
[G] _ _ [C] _
_ _ [F] All the others, [C] they [F] didn't want it
[Bb] And that was plain to see
_ _ So I took _ [F]
mama's Bible [C] home [F] with me _ _
_ _ _ [Em] One [F] sister [C] got the [F] dishes
_ [A] And [Bb] one the silverware
_ And my brother _ took [F] the radio
_ And her old rocking [C] chair
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
[F] One by [C] one, [F] all the pieces _
[Bb] Of her home were packed and hauled
But they left me the best [C] part of [F] it all _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ [F] Mama's _ _ family Bible
Oh, what a book _ _
It inspires _ _ me every _ [C] time I look
[G] At [C] _
_ all [F] the scriptures
_ _ [Bb]
That she marked [F] and _ loved _
_ [Bb] _ [F] Mama's _ family [Bb]
Bible
_ [F] Is a treasure [C] I'm [F] proud of _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ Now all the [Bb] dishes are broken
_ _ _ Guessing someone sold the silverware
_ [F] _ _ And that old radio is sitting in some junk [C] store
[G] Near the square
[C] _
_ _ _ [F] _ [C] One by [F] one, all the pieces
_ [Bb] Of mama's life have all disappeared
But _ mama's [F] family Bible
_ [C] _ [F] Is still here _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ [F] Mama's family _ _ [Bb]
Bible
_ [F] Oh, what a book _
_ [Bb] _ [F] It inspires _ _ me every _ [C] time I [G] look
[C] _
_ At [F] all the scriptures
_ [Bb] _
That she [F] marked and loved _
_ [Bb] _ [F] Mama's _ _ [Bb] family Bible
_ [F] Is a treasure [C] that I'm [F]
proud of
_ _ [Bb] _ [F] Mama's _ _ [Bb] family Bible _ _
Oh, what a book
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _