Tom: D
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[Verse 1]
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At sixteen she quit high school
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To make her fortune in the promised land
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She got a job behind the counter
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In an all-night hamburger stand
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She wrote faithfully home to Mama
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"Now Mama don't you worry none
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From small things, Mama
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Big things one day come"
[Verse 2]
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It was late one Friday
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He pulled in out of the dark
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He was tall and handsome
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First she took his order then she took his heart
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They bought a house on the hillside
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Where little feet soon would run
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Well from small things, Mama
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Big things one day come
[Bridge 1]
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Oh but love is fleeting
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It's sad but true
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But when your heart is beating
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You don't wanna hear the news
[Verse 3]
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She packed her bags
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And with a Wyomie County real estate man
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She ran down to Tampa
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In an El Dorado Grande
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She wrote back, "Dear Mama
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Life is just heaven in the sun
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'N' from small things, Mama
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Big things one day come," well alright!
[Solo]
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[Bridge 2]
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Well she shot him dead
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On a sunny Florida road
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And when they caught her all she said
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Was she couldn't stand the way he drove
[Verse 4]
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Back home dear Johnny
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Prays for his baby's parole
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He waits on the hillside
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Where the Wyomie waters roll
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At his feet and almost grown now
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A blue-eyed daughter and a handsome son
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Well from small things, Mama
A D
Big things one day come
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Yeah from small things, Mama
A D
Big things one day come
