Capo 4 (or you can capo 2 and play in key of )
Use alternating bass to get the best effect.
When I was a child, mama?d hold me
In her lovin? arms when the storm clouds come along
Dark clouds rising, storms a ragin
She would sing an old gospel song
With the thunder crashing and lightning, flashing
I found comfort in the words that she would sing
Beyond these dark skies there?s a rainbow
That only love and the sun?ll bring
When she sang Amazing Grace
I felt tears in my eyes
When she sang Circle Be Unbroken
Lord, I knew there?s bluer skies
Time rolled on, the circle was broken
Mama went on to somewhere beyond the blue
I started ramblin? that lost highway
And hard livin? took away the little child she knew
Yeah, I started drinkin? and I started gamblin?
I had no one to look over me
There was no blue skies, only sorrow
I could only hear her sing in my memory
I was runnin? with a wild bunch
Hanging with the rough and the rowdy kind
I was livin fast, and I was dying young
So alone, Lord I had a worried mind
I was drunk and I was hurtin?
Somewhere on the streets in New Orleans
When I stumbled into a little shelter
I saw an angel with a tambourine