Mama's Table Song Lyrics and Chords by The Oak Ridge Boys
Mama's Table
Recorded by the Oak Ridge Boys
Written by Jamey Van Johnson and George G. Teren III
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We pull a chair up every night and eat and
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talk and joke and fight
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kids learned wrong from right at mama's
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table
Just some hickory wood and screws it's where my
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daddy read the news
You didn't
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put your dirty shoes on mama's
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table
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It was the
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center of the best times I
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remember
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times the only thing that brought us all
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together
Grandma passed it down when I was in a
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cradle
It's
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in my kitchen now but it's still my mama's
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It's where my brother and I played games I just
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knew he'd gone insane
The
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day he carved his name in mama's
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table
And when we got down on our luck it seemed
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like it held us up
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could always feel the love in mama's
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table
It was the center of the best
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times I remember
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times the only thing that brought us all
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together
Grandma passed it down when I was in a
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cradle
It's
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in my kitchen now but it's still my mama's
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table
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It has some
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faded spots and cracks
And a
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couple of burns from candle wax
There's
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a memory in each scratch on mama'
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Mama's Table?
- The song Mama's Table was sang by The Oak Ridge Boys.
Who is The Oak Ridge Boys?
- The Oak Ridge Boys is an American country and gospel vocal quartet. The group was founded in the 1940s as the Oak Ridge Quartet. They became popular in southern gospel during the 1950s. Their name was changed to the Oak Ridge Boys in the early 1960s, and they remained a gospel group until the mid-1970s, when they changed their image and concentrated on country music.The lineup which produced their most well-known country and crossover hits (such as "Elvira" (1981), "Bobbie Sue" (1982), and "American Made" (1983) consists of Duane Allen (lead), Joe Bonsall (tenor), William Lee Golden (baritone), and Richard Sterban (bass). Golden and Allen joined the group in the mid-1960s, and Sterban and Bonsall joined in the early 1970s. Aside from an eight-year gap (1987-95) when Golden left the group and was replaced, this lineup has been together since 1973 and continues to tour and record.
