The Wilkinsons - 26 cents

Sh^Be sat all alone ^F#on a bus out of Beaumo^C#mnt With ^Ecourage of ^F#just 18 y^Bears A ^Bpenny and quarte^F#r were taped to a l^C#metter And ^EMama's good^F#-bye in her e^Bars ^{F# E} She ^Bwatched as her ^F#high school fa^C#mded behind her And the ^Ehouse with the ^F#white picket f^Bence Then ^Bshe read the ^F#note that her M^C#mama had wrote ^EWrapped up with twenty-six ^F#cents

When you get lonely cal^Bl me ^F# anytim^G#me at ^F#all ^G#m I'll be there w^Bith yo^F#u al^G#mways ^F# any^G#mwhere at all There's nothing I got that I wouldn'^D#mt give And ^Emoney is never en^C#mough Here's a ^Epenny for your thoughts a quarter for the^F# call And ^Eall-a your ^F#Mama's l^Bove

A ^Bpenny and ^F#quarter buys a ^C#mwhole lot of nothin ^ETaped to an ^F#old wrinkled n^Bote And when she ^Bdidn't have ^F#much, she had a^C#mll Mama's love ^EInside that old enve^F#lope

Oh, i^G#mt's been years since Ma^F#ma's been gon^Ee But when she ^G#mholds a coin she f^F#eels her love----ju^Est as^F# str^G#mong ^F#

Here's a penny^C#m for your thoughts a quarte^Er for the call And all-a your ^F#Mama's l^Bove