Eddie Noack – Flowers For Mama (Guitar)

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Track 6 of 30 on the album "Ain't the Reaping Ever Done? (1962-1976)" (2015) [Intro] D A7 D A7 [Verse 1]
D           D7          G       D
Papa bought flowers for Mama today

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And all the grown children, but it's not Mother's Day

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I don't have no money, not even a dime

                                    A7           D
Still I brought Mama flowers like I have all the time
[Verse 2]
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Every day, I'd pick flowers from this pretty hill

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A small bunch of daisies and a few daffodils

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I'd bring them to Mama at the end of the day

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And say, "Flowers for Mama, here's Mama's bouquet"
[Verse 3]
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They'd brighten her face and she'd hold me close

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She'd say they were more precious than a beautiful rose

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And she wore a smile sweeter than billions of flowers

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A smile that I'll carry through life's darkest hours
[Verse 4]
D       D7                   G                     D
   Now, Mama was lying there, they tell me she passed away

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And she was surrounded by flowers that far outshine my bouquet

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I know mine aren't fancy, but still, all the while

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They were placed in her hand and I know I saw Mama smile
[Outro Verse]
G                   D
Flowers for Mama, I picked them today

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Not very much, just a simple bouquet

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Mom wasn't so fancy, but up there above

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She's the prettiest flower in God's garden of love