Intro: D G Em7 B7 D
E E A B E
My brother said that I, was rotten to the core.
E E A Gbm7 B
I was the youngest child, so I got by with more.
E E A B E
I guess she was tired by, the time I came along.
E E A Gbm7 B
She'd laugh until she cried, I could do no wrong.
Gbm7 B E
She would always save me, because I was her baby.
Dbm A
I worked a factory in Ohio, a shrimp boat in the Bayou,
E B
I drove a truck in Birmingham.
Dbm A
Turned 21 in Cincinnati,I called home to mom and daddy,
E B
I said "Your boy is now a man."
Gbm7 B E
She said "I don't care if you're 80, you'll always be my baby."
E E A B E
She loved that photograph, of our whole family.
E E A Gbm7 B
She'd always point us out, for all her friends to see.
E E A B E
That's Greg he's doing great, he really loves his job.
E E A Gbm7 B
And Ronnie with his 2 kids, how 'bout that wife he's got.
Gbm7 B E
And that one's kinda crazy, but that one is my baby.
Dbm A
I got a call in Alabama, said come on home to Louisianna
E B
and come as fast as you can fly.
Dbm A
Cause your momma really needs you, and says she's got to see you,
E B
she might not make it through the night.
Gbm7 B E
The whole way I drove 80, so she could see her baby.
Dbm A
She looked like she was sleepin' and my family had been weepin'
E B
by the time that I got to her side.
Dbm A
And I knew that she'd been taken, and my heart it was breakin',
E B
I never got to say goodbye.
Em7 A
I softly kissed that lady, and cried just like a baby.
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