When She Sang Amazing Grace

Capo 4 (or you can capo 2 and play in key of D) Use alternating bass to get the best effect. C When I was a child, mama?d hold me F C In her lovin? arms when the storm clouds come along C Dark clouds rising, storms a ragin G C She would sing an old gospel song C With the thunder crashing and lightning, flashing F C I found comfort in the words that she would sing C Beyond these dark skies there?s a rainbow G C 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