Emmylou Harris

^G Mama never seemed
To miss the finer things of life
If she did she never did say so to ^D daddy
She never wanted to be more
Than mother and a wife
If she did she never did say so to ^G daddy
^G The only thing that seemed
To be important in her life
Was to make our house a ^G7 home and make us ^C happy
Mama never wanted
Any ^G more that what she had
If she ^D did she never did say so to d ^G addy
^G He often left her all alone
She didn't mind the staying home
If she did she never did say so to ^D daddy
And she never missed the flowers
And the cards he never sent her
If she did she never did say so to ^G daddy
^G Being took for granted
Was a thing that she accepted
And she didn't need those things to make her ^C happy
And she didn't seem to notice
That ^G he didn't kiss and hold her
If she ^D did she never did say so to ^G daddy
One ^C morning we awoke
Just to find a note
That mama carefully wrote and left to ^D daddy
And ^C as we began to read it
Our ears could not believe it
The words that she had written there to ^D daddy
She ^G said the kids are older now
They don't need me very much
And I've gone in search of ^G7 love I need so ^C badly
I have needed you so long
But ^G I just can't keep holding on
She never meant to come back home
^D She did she never did say so to ^C daddy
Goodbye to ^G daddy
From Emmylou Harris "Quarter Moon In A Ten Cent Town"
Warner Brothers Records 1978
Owepar Publishing Company(BMI)