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G _ _ .
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_ Your mama used to worry about that big muddy
D river.
Honey, do you remember _ _ .
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F She
G let the screen door slam when you stepped off the front porch.
Hear your mama calling, don't be late.
Bb Side me, your daddy
C holler, son, she's my
Gm only daughter.
G _ _ _ _ He'd
Bb stick your nose in the honeysuckle down by the gate.
Gm I can
C still hear your mama calling, don't go near
G the water.
_ _ _ _ _ .
C We fell
F right in
C _ .
F her head,
C but we didn't
F go near the
C water.
F _
G We loved
C and lived
G so young
C and sweet,
D and the nights got hotter and hotter.
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G We were sure
C of getting
G our feet
C wet, mama,
G but we didn't
C go near
G the water.
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Gm _ _
G We'd hear the rocking chair squeaking as you sneaked up the back stair.
Mama waiting like a grizzly bear,
Bb had to get the
C honeysuckle _
G out of your hair.
_ _ _ .
But
Bb in the morning light, she took a right in the eye,
C and there wasn't a lie.
We didn't go near
G the water.
_ _ _ _ .
We
C fell
F right in the
C way of the
F bed,
C but we didn't
F go near the water.
_ .
G We loved
C and lived
G so young
C and sweet,
D and the nights got hotter and hotter.
We
G were sure of getting our feet wet,
C mama,
G but we didn't
C go near
G the water.
C _ _
G _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ Your mama used to worry about that big muddy river,
D she used to worry about _ me.
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Fm _
Gbm _
G.
We were sure of getting our feet wet,
C mama,
G but we didn't
C go near
G the water.
C _ _
G Didn't go near the water.
C _ _ .
G Didn't
C go near the
G water,
C _ _
G _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ yeah.
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