Kenny Rogers - Son Of Hickory Hollers Tramp Chords

Standard guitar tuning: 
E
A
D
G
B
E
No capo


Chorus
Oh, the / pathD was deep and / wide, from footsteps / leading to our / cabinG,                    D
A - / bGove the door there / burned aA7 scarlet / lamp, and    D
DLate at night, a / hand would knock and / there would standG a / stranger,                D
GI'm the son of / HickA7'ry Holler's / tramp. D

DMama sacri - / ficed her pride, and / neighbors staGrted / talkin',            D
But / I Dwas much too / young to under - / stand the thingsG they / said,                   A7
The / thDings that mattered / most of all was / Mama's chicken / Gdumplin's, and           D
A / goGodnight kiss be- / fore we A7went to / bed.         D

When / DaddyD left, and / destitution / came upon our G/ fam'ly,              D
DNot one neighbor / volunteered to / give a helpinG' / hand,           A7
So / leDt 'em gossip / all they want; she / loved us and sGhe / raised us.           D
The / proGof is standing / here, a A7full grown / man.        D

Last / suDmmer Mama / passed away and / left the ones who / loGved her,                  D
DEach and ev'ry / one is more than / grateful for hGis / birth,           A7
Each / SundDay she receives a / fresh bou - / quet of fourteen /G roses, and             G
A / cGard that says, " To the / greatest MA7om on / earth."           D

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