Tanya Tucker - The man that turned my mama on

^CI wish I'd known the man a little better that ^Fturned my mama ^Con He must have been a heck of a man cause ^G7mama was a lady don't you ^Fknow

Mama was no prude but she ^Cwas proper never ^Fwore her dress too ^Cshort She didn't care if you did but ^G7she'd never taken a ^Cdrink

Grandma Kate did the best she could to ^Fsee mama grew up ^Cright So she'd be fitting one ^G7day for courting and to ^Fwear some gentleman's ^Cring

I wish I'd known the man a little better that ^Fturned my mama ^Con People was always laughing and ^G7sang a right sweet ^Csong

^CI wish I'd known the man a little better that ^Fturned my mama ^Con He must have been a heck of a man cause ^G7mama was a lady don't you ^Fknow

^CI hear he came to town one day in a ^Frusty old '49 ^CFord Selling ladies shoes and ^G7assorted greeting ^Ccards

He was killer good looking and easy to like and ^Fturning all the ladies ^Cheads But he saw mama first and ^G7Lord knows how some of ^Fthem traveling men ^Care

^CI wish I'd known the man a little better that ^Fturned my mama ^Con He must have been a heck of a man cause ^G7mama was a lady don't you ^Fknow

^CMama seemed to forget the things that grandma ^FKate had always told ^Cher She ran away one night ^G7with that traveling ^Cman

They bought gas at Reba's Truck Stop and ^Fdrove to Desoto ^CCounty But he brought her ^G7home with a ring ^Fupon her ^Chand

^CMama's told me how the fever took him ^Fwhen I was barely ^Cfive But I remember him pitching me ^G7up and catching ^Cme

And I love to sit and listen to her ^Ftell me about my ^Cdaddy She says he thought the ^G7sun would surely ^Frise and set in ^Cme

^CI wish I'd known the man a little better that ^Fturned my mama ^Con He must have been a heck of a man cause ^G7mama was a lady don't you ^Fknow