D           G           D
Do you know how it feels to be lonesome
              A          G        A      D
When there's just no one left who really cares
                    D7             G
Did you ever try to smile at some people
    A             G       A     D
And all they ever seem to do is stare
           A                         D
And you remember how it feels to be cold again
         A            G        A     D
When the happiness of love has gone away
        A             G      A       D
And you never want to go out on the street again
         E                            A       G
And you only seem to live from day to day
       D           G            D^ї
Do you know how it feels to be lonesome
              A          G        A      D
When there's just no one left who really cares
                    D7             G
Did you ever try to smile at some people
    A             G       A       D
And all they ever seem to do is stare
    A              G       A     G     D
And all they  ever seem to do is stare


  D       A                           G           D
No     affection were the words that stuck on my mind
         A                        G          D
When she walked out on me for the very last time
D                            D7              G
Oh mamma sweet mamma can you tell me what to say
        D                         A            D
I don't know what I've done to be treated this way
    A                             G            D
In a cold dirty room that's where I found myself
       A                       G              D
With a bottle of wine and some pills off the shelf
D                            D7               G
Oh mamma sweet mamma can you tell me what to say
        D                           A           D
I don't know what I've done and I'm feeling so ashamed

E  D  A  E   D  A  E   B7   E
        B                      A    E
Then an angel appeared she was just 17
     B                     A            E
In a dirty old gown with a conscious so clean
E                            E7              A
Oh mamma sweet mamma can you tell me what to say
      E                            B          E
She's brought back the life that I once threw away