Mama Hated Diesels Chords & Lyrics - Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
Artist: Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
[INTRO]
Ma[D]ma hated die[G]sels so b[D]ad [A/D]
I gu[D]ess I knew it was so[G]mething to do with d[D]ad
The f[G]irst time I ever seen her cry, was after o[D]ne of them things went [Bm]by
M[D]ama hated die[G]sels so b[D]ad
[VERSE 1]
[D]I remember hearin' those se[G]mis gearing d[D]own
My m[D]om and me lived right on the h[A]igh grade end of town
[G]I sure loved them white freighters, but there was somethin' in Mama's e[D]yes
w[D]hen she'd catch me watching the road, lord, a li[A]ttle bitty piece of her d[D]ied
[CHORUS]
Ma[D]ma hated di[G]esels so b[D]ad [A/D]
[D]I guess I knew it was som[G]ething to do with d[D]ad
The f[G]irst time I ever seen her cry, was after o[D]ne of them things went [Bm]by
Ma[D]ma hated die[G]sels so b[D]ad
[Verse 2] (Spoken)
[D]As the years passed and I grew older, m[G]ama did too
Pr[D]etty soon she stopped singin' and laughin', well, she'd hardly even eat
[A]I began staying away from home on the weekdays, and wouldn't come home from school till'
way after dark
[G]I was always too busy havin' fun either messing around with some girl or hanging around
the truckstop
[D]or talking too my buddies about about the big rigs that were all the time rollin' in
Or talking about all the crazy places we never been, li[A]ke California
[Verse 3] (Spoken)
Well, o[D]ne day the county sheriff came up to [G]me
He said they found my mama wandering all by herself in the middle of the highway cr[D]yin' [G]
She was try[A]ing of all things Lord, to flag down one of them rigs with a pocket handkerchief
Well, t[G]hat left me all on my own
[Verse 4] (Spoken)
[G]I got a job unloadin' rigs down at the local frieght yard
Pre[D]tty soon I got a rig of my own and I left hometown on my very first runt to Frisco
That was three years ago today, and I ain't been home in all that time since then, t[A]ill now
[Verse 5] (Sing)
Now it's [D]me and the local pre[G]acher, standing in the graveyard gr[D]ass
Sta[D]ring down at the highway, watc[A]hing those big boys pass
Well he la[G]id his hand upon me and he pr[D]ayed for quite some time
I could ba[D]rely understand the words he said be[A]hind that highways wh[D]ine
[Verse 6] (Spoken)
[D]He handed me a faded photograph, he said he fo[G]und it in my mama's h[D]and
He said , I[D]'m afraid you and this picture were the b[A]est your mama ever had
Well I lo[G]oked down at that picture, it was M[D]ama and some [Bm]guy
sta[D]nding beside a semi- truck, "ju[A]st married" written on the s[D]ide
[Chorus-Outro]
Ma[D]ma ha[G]ted diesels so b[D]ad [A/D]
I gu[D]ess I knew it was som[G]ething to do with d[D]ad
The f[G]irst time I ever seen her cry was after o[D]ne of them things went [Bm]by
M[D]ama hated di[G]esels so b[D]ad
Ma[D]ma hated die[G]sels so b[D]ad [A/D]
I gu[D]ess I knew it was so[G]mething to do with d[D]ad
The f[G]irst time I ever seen her cry, was after o[D]ne of them things went [Bm]by
M[D]ama hated die[G]sels so b[D]ad
[VERSE 1]
[D]I remember hearin' those se[G]mis gearing d[D]own
My m[D]om and me lived right on the h[A]igh grade end of town
[G]I sure loved them white freighters, but there was somethin' in Mama's e[D]yes
w[D]hen she'd catch me watching the road, lord, a li[A]ttle bitty piece of her d[D]ied
[CHORUS]
Ma[D]ma hated di[G]esels so b[D]ad [A/D]
[D]I guess I knew it was som[G]ething to do with d[D]ad
The f[G]irst time I ever seen her cry, was after o[D]ne of them things went [Bm]by
Ma[D]ma hated die[G]sels so b[D]ad
[Verse 2] (Spoken)
[D]As the years passed and I grew older, m[G]ama did too
Pr[D]etty soon she stopped singin' and laughin', well, she'd hardly even eat
[A]I began staying away from home on the weekdays, and wouldn't come home from school till'
way after dark
[G]I was always too busy havin' fun either messing around with some girl or hanging around
the truckstop
[D]or talking too my buddies about about the big rigs that were all the time rollin' in
Or talking about all the crazy places we never been, li[A]ke California
[Verse 3] (Spoken)
Well, o[D]ne day the county sheriff came up to [G]me
He said they found my mama wandering all by herself in the middle of the highway cr[D]yin' [G]
She was try[A]ing of all things Lord, to flag down one of them rigs with a pocket handkerchief
Well, t[G]hat left me all on my own
[Verse 4] (Spoken)
[G]I got a job unloadin' rigs down at the local frieght yard
Pre[D]tty soon I got a rig of my own and I left hometown on my very first runt to Frisco
That was three years ago today, and I ain't been home in all that time since then, t[A]ill now
[Verse 5] (Sing)
Now it's [D]me and the local pre[G]acher, standing in the graveyard gr[D]ass
Sta[D]ring down at the highway, watc[A]hing those big boys pass
Well he la[G]id his hand upon me and he pr[D]ayed for quite some time
I could ba[D]rely understand the words he said be[A]hind that highways wh[D]ine
[Verse 6] (Spoken)
[D]He handed me a faded photograph, he said he fo[G]und it in my mama's h[D]and
He said , I[D]'m afraid you and this picture were the b[A]est your mama ever had
Well I lo[G]oked down at that picture, it was M[D]ama and some [Bm]guy
sta[D]nding beside a semi- truck, "ju[A]st married" written on the s[D]ide
[Chorus-Outro]
Ma[D]ma ha[G]ted diesels so b[D]ad [A/D]
I gu[D]ess I knew it was som[G]ething to do with d[D]ad
The f[G]irst time I ever seen her cry was after o[D]ne of them things went [Bm]by
M[D]ama hated di[G]esels so b[D]ad
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