rmofle at satx.rr.com10/23/2004Capo 4 (or you can capo 2 and play in key of D)Use alternating bass to get the best effect.CWhen I was a child, mamad hold meF CIn her lovin arms when the storm clouds come alongCDark clouds rising, storms a raginG CShe would sing an old gospel songCWith the thunder crashing and lightning, flashingF CI found comfort in the words that she would singCBeyond these dark skies theres a rainbowG CThat only love and the sunll bringWhen she sang Amazing GraceI felt tears in my eyesWhen she sang Circle Be UnbrokenLord, I knew theres bluer skiesTime rolled on, the circle was brokenMama went on to somewhere beyond the blueI started ramblin that lost highwayAnd hard livin took away the little child she knewYeah, I started drinkin and I started gamblinI had no one to look over meThere was no blue skies, only sorrowI could only hear her sing in my memoryI was runnin with a wild bunchHanging with the rough and the rowdy kindI was livin fast, and I was dying youngSo alone, Lord I had a worried mindI was drunk and I was hurtinSomewhere on the streets in New OrleansWhen I stumbled into a little shelterI saw an angel with a tambourine
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