(or you can and play in key of ) Use alternating bass to get the best effect. When I was a child, mama?d hold me In her lovin? arms when the storm clouds come along Dark clouds rising, storms a ragin She would sing an old gospel song With the thunder crashing and lightning, flashing I found comfort in the words that she would sing Beyond these dark skies there?s a rainbow That only love and the sun?ll bring When she sang Amazing Grace I felt tears in my eyes When she sang Circle Be Unbroken Lord, I knew there?s bluer skies Time rolled on, the circle was broken Mama went on to somewhere beyond the blue I started ramblin? that lost highway And hard livin? took away the little child she knew Yeah, I started drinkin? and I started gamblin? I had no one to look over me There was no blue skies, only sorrow I could only hear her sing in my memory I was runnin? with a wild bunch Hanging with the rough and the rowdy kind I was livin fast, and I was dying young So alone, Lord I had a worried mind I was drunk and I was hurtin? Somewhere on the streets in New Orleans When I stumbled into a little shelter I saw an angel with a tambourine