I Took Mama To The Opry

I Took Mama to the Opry
Everette Brown

Fiddle Intro (Verse 1/2 turn around)

Chorus 1 (Harmonies)
(Fiddle shuffles or cool double fiddle in Chorus)
I took Mama to the Opry, one time
I took Mama to the Opry, one time
I took Mama to the Opry, one time
I took Mama to the Opry, one time

Verse 1
Mama had a birthday, some years ago
I said I’d take her anywhere, she wanted to go
(Double or sassy Fiddle fill)
She thought for a minute, and said, “Let’s see”
How about that Grand Ole Opry, down in Tennesee?
(Double Fiddle or sassy fiddle fill)

Chorus 2 (solo)
I took Mama to the Opry, one time (Dobro Fills or Shuffle, Banjo Rolls begin)
I took Mama to the Opry, one time
I took Mama to the Opry, one time
I took Mama to the Opry, one time


Dobro Break (Verse Break, 1/2 one)

Verse 2
Took some time off work, for a family retreat
Made a few phone calls, got some front row seats (mandolin fills-perhaps some trills)
Loaded up the kiddos, and gassed up the van
we all headed out, to Opryland
(mandolin fill)

Chorus 3 (Harmonies)
(Fiddle shuffles or cool double fiddle in Chorus....Banjo Roll Begins)
I took Mama to the Opry, one time
I took Mama to the Opry, one time
I took Mama to the Opry, one time
I took Mama to the Opry, one time


Bridge
We saw Little Jimmie Dickens, Mama thought he was cute
Took a picture of Porter, in his Wagon Wheel suite
Her eyes lit up, just like a teenage girl,
When she heard Skeeter Davis singin’, “End of the World”

Verse 3
Now Opryland a shoppin’ and Porter is gone
Mama has moved to a heavenly home
The Opry lives on, better make you a date
Take your Mama to the Opry before it’s too late.


Chorus 4 (Everyone sing, may have to double to track) (clap track)
I took Mama to the Opry, one time
I took Mama to the Opry, one time
I took Mama to the Opry, one time
I took Mama to the Opry one time

We had a big time...

Dobro alto (verse 1/2....slow down)
slide down (just like the recording)