Chords for Matt Monro - For Mama (Lyrics)

[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 is leave _
[A] _ me, Amma.
_ [Am] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
Please promise me that you will stay and take my place while I'm away and give the children
love each day.
[A] I had to cry, [G] what could I say?
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[Dm] See me cry, so much to say that should be heard, but only time to [A] say goodbye to Mama. _ _ _ _
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They say in time you will forget, yet still today my eyes are watched.
I tell myself to _ smile _ _
[A] for Mama. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ Now soon there'll be [A] another spring and I will start remembering _ the way she loved to
hear us sing her favorite [Dm] song Ave _ Maria.
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ [C] Ave _ Maria. _ _
[F] _ _ The _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] [A] children all have [Dm] grown up now. _
I [Gm] kept my [C] promise to [F] _ Mama.
_ I [Gm] cannot guide them _ _ _ [Dm] _ anymore.
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All [Dm] for Mama. _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] So _
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[Dm] very small _ _ [A] for a _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
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[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [E] bee.
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