Chords for Momma's Waiting
Tempo:
105.2 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
Am
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G] As I drive towards home [C] I picture my waiting.
[G] She'll be glad to see [Em] her big [G] time boy [A] come home.
[D] She [G] gets little in return for all [C] she's given.
And [G] I'm all she's got [D] to love since [C] daddy's gone.
[G] Now I'm forty miles [C] away and [G] I'm still wondering why I ever [D]
told [Em] her I was [A] doing well.
[C] [G]
[C] [G] As I drive towards home [C] I picture my waiting.
[G] She'll be glad to see [Em] her big [G] time boy [A] come home.
[D] She [G] gets little in return for all [C] she's given.
And [G] I'm all she's got [D] to love since [C] daddy's gone.
[G] Now I'm forty miles [C] away and [G] I'm still wondering why I ever [D]
told [Em] her I was [A] doing well.
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_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] As I drive towards home [C] I picture my waiting. _
_ [G] _ _ _ She'll be glad to see [Em] her big [G] time boy [A] come home.
_ [D] _ _ She [G] gets little in return for all [C] she's given. _
_ _ And [G] I'm all she's got [D] to love since [C] daddy's gone. _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ Now I'm forty miles [C] away and [G] I'm still wondering _ why _ I ever [D]
told [Em] her I was [A] doing well. _
_ [D] _ _ When [G] I first went wrong I shouldn't have cared.
[C] _ But _ _ _ _ [G] it's hard to get [D] back up once you've [C] had faith. _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] It's the last time I'll [Am] see flowers [G] in the morning.
_ _ _ _ It's [C] the last time I'll [Am] hear _ robins [G] in the spring. _
_ _ _ _ [C] It's the last time [Am] I'll see _ _ [G] storms rounding.
_ [Em] _ _ _ [Am] It's the last chance here [D] on earth I'll have [C] to say no.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
As I drive away [C] behind me [G] mama's waving
to _ _ _ a sign whose [E] all she'd ever hoped [A] it'd be.
_ [D] _ _ _
[G] Now she'll say her final words and go [C] meet daddy. _ _ _ _ _
[G] And I'm glad she's only [D] seen one side [C] of me.
_ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ Today [C] makes thirteen years at [G] Coleman Fitment Prison. _ _ _ _
_ _ Tonight I'll walk [Em] my last few steps.
_ [A] _ But _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] I can't help thinking somewhere _ [C] mama's waiting _ _ _
once [G] again to see [D] her big time boy [C] come home.
_ [G] _ _ _
[C] It's the last time I'll [Am] see [D] flowers [G] in the morning. _ _ _
It's [C] the last [Bm] time I'll [Am] hear [D] robins in [G] the spring. _ _ _ _
It's [C] the last [Bm] time I'll see [Am] _ [D] storms [G] rounding.
_ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ It's [Am] the last chance here [D] on earth I'll have to [G] say _ no.
_ It's [Am] the last chance here [D] on earth _ I'll have [B] to [C] _ _ _
say_
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] As I drive towards home [C] I picture my waiting. _
_ [G] _ _ _ She'll be glad to see [Em] her big [G] time boy [A] come home.
_ [D] _ _ She [G] gets little in return for all [C] she's given. _
_ _ And [G] I'm all she's got [D] to love since [C] daddy's gone. _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ Now I'm forty miles [C] away and [G] I'm still wondering _ why _ I ever [D]
told [Em] her I was [A] doing well. _
_ [D] _ _ When [G] I first went wrong I shouldn't have cared.
[C] _ But _ _ _ _ [G] it's hard to get [D] back up once you've [C] had faith. _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] It's the last time I'll [Am] see flowers [G] in the morning.
_ _ _ _ It's [C] the last time I'll [Am] hear _ robins [G] in the spring. _
_ _ _ _ [C] It's the last time [Am] I'll see _ _ [G] storms rounding.
_ [Em] _ _ _ [Am] It's the last chance here [D] on earth I'll have [C] to say no.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
As I drive away [C] behind me [G] mama's waving
to _ _ _ a sign whose [E] all she'd ever hoped [A] it'd be.
_ [D] _ _ _
[G] Now she'll say her final words and go [C] meet daddy. _ _ _ _ _
[G] And I'm glad she's only [D] seen one side [C] of me.
_ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ Today [C] makes thirteen years at [G] Coleman Fitment Prison. _ _ _ _
_ _ Tonight I'll walk [Em] my last few steps.
_ [A] _ But _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] I can't help thinking somewhere _ [C] mama's waiting _ _ _
once [G] again to see [D] her big time boy [C] come home.
_ [G] _ _ _
[C] It's the last time I'll [Am] see [D] flowers [G] in the morning. _ _ _
It's [C] the last [Bm] time I'll [Am] hear [D] robins in [G] the spring. _ _ _ _
It's [C] the last [Bm] time I'll see [Am] _ [D] storms [G] rounding.
_ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ It's [Am] the last chance here [D] on earth I'll have to [G] say _ no.
_ It's [Am] the last chance here [D] on earth _ I'll have [B] to [C] _ _ _
say_
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _