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Version 1[Verse 1] E7 Papa drove a truck nearly all his life A7 You know it drove mama crazy being a trucker's wife B7 The part she couldn't handle was the being alone C B7 I guess she needed more to hold than just a telephone E7 Papa called mama each & every night A7 Just to ask her how she was & if us kids were alright B7 Mama would wait for that call to come in C B7 E7 But when daddy'd hang up she was gone again [Chorus 1] A7 Mama was a looker, Lord how she shined E7 Papa was a good'n but the jealous kind A7 Papa loved mama, mama loved men E5 B5 E7 Mama's in the graveyard, papa's in the pen [Verse 2] E7 Well, it was bound to happen & one night it did A7 Papa came home & it was just us kids B7 He had a dozen roses & a bottle of wine C B7 If he was looking to surprise us he was doing fine E7 I heard him cry for mama up & down the hall A7 Then I heard a bottle break against the bedroom wall B7 That old diesel engine made an eerie sound C B7 E7 When papa fired it up & headed into town [Chorus 2] A7 Well, the picture in the paper showed the scene real well E7 Papa's rig was buried in the local Motel A7 The desk clerk said he saw it all real clear C B7 E7 He never hit the brakes & he was shifting gears [Chorus 1] A7 Mama was a looker, Lord how she shined E7 Papa was a good'n but the jealous kind A7 Papa loved mama, mama loved men E5 B5 E7 Mama's in the graveyard, papa's in the pen [Outro] E5 B5 E7 Mama's in the graveyard, papa's in the pen Mama's in the graveyard, papa's in the pen