[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
Am                            F 
One cloudless morning was it day or night
                G
The sun and the moon were bright
C         D
Take one away
Am                               F
Two holy sisters lost in the desert dry
                        G  
From the weight the old mule will die
C         D
Take one away

[Chorus]
C                              G
Oh mama sit down, I think it's time you knew
                F
The day I first came to you
              C    G
I was dead on arr-ival
C                                  G
And now I can hear you pleading on the radio
                     F
Mama I've joined the church you know
                      C  G 
I've been passing out bi-bles
C         D
Take one away

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Am
Three babies conceived
               F
She couldn't afford them all
              G
The curtain begins to fall
C         D
Take one away
Am
Five o'clock in the morning... 
           F
Ah just an hour ago
                     G
She might have been alive you know
         C         D
But they took one away

[Chorus]
C                              G
Oh mama sit down, I think it's time you knew
                F
The day I first came to you
              C    G
I was dead on arr-ival
C                                  G
And now I can hear you pleading on the radio
                     F
Mama I've joined the church you know
                      C  G 
I've been passing out bi-bles
C         D
Take one away
C                              G
Oh mama sit down, I think it's time you knew
                F
The day I first came to you
              C    G
I was dead on arr-ival
C                                  G
And now I can hear you pleading on the radio
                     F
Mama I've joined the church you know
                      C  G 
I've been passing out bi-bles
C         D
Take one away
C         D    
Take one away
C         D    
Take one away
C         D    
Take one away

                                               (End on Am)
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