C
At 16 she quit high school
C
To make a fortune in the promise land
C7 F
She got a job behind the counter
C
Of an all-night hamburger stand
C
She wrote faithfully home to Mama:
C Am
Now Mama, don't you worry none
C G C
From small things, Mama, big things one day come
[Verse 2]
C
It was late one Friday
C C7
As he pulled in out of the dark
F
He was tall and handsome;
C
First she took his order; then she took his heart
C
They bought a house up on a hillside
C Am
Where little feet once had run
C G C C7
From small things, Mama, big things one day come
[Bridge 1]
F
Good love is fleeting
C
It's sad but it's true
C7 F
But when your heart is bleeding
F# G
You don't wanna hear the news
[Verse 3]
C C7
She packed her bags; went to Wyoming with a real estate man
F C
They drove down to Tampa in an El Dorado Grande
C Am
She writes home "dear Mama, life is heaven here in the sun"
C G C
From small things, Mama, big things one day come
[Solo]
| C | C | C | C7 |
| F | F | C | C |
| C | C | C | Am |
| C | G | C | C7 |
[Bridge 2]
F
She shot him dead
C
On a sunny Florida road
C7 F
But when they caught her asll she said was
G
She couldn't stand the way he drove.
[Verse 5]
C
Back home, lonesome Johnny
C C7
waits for his baby's parole;
F
He sits high up on a hillside
C
Where the Wyoming River flows
C
At his feet, and almost grown now
C Am
Sits a daughter and a handsome son
C G C F
From small things, Mama, big things one day come
[Tag]
C G C
From small things, mama, big things one day come.
