Mama Lost Her Smile

F F G C 2x C F I ain't got much to go on, just a box of photographs C G And every picture tells a story, but every story has two halves C G I keep 'em separated in before-and-after piles C F Somewhere in the middle is where mama lost her smile C Somewhere in the summer back in 1982 F G Daddy took a job in town and we all had to move C F I feel like there's one missing, I've felt it for a while C F One that's gonna tell me, how mama lost her smile G C But you don't take pictures of the bad times C G We only wanna remember all the sunshine C F We don't live in pictures, this is real life G C And they're about as different as black and white C I don't know why it matters, I just know it does C F It's not like it'll change things to find out what it was G C She would never tell us that just ain't her style C F God I wish I knew the reason why mama lost her smile G C But you don't take pictures of the bad times C G We only wanna remember all the sunshine C F We don't live in pictures, this is real life G C And they're about as different as black and white F We're all a little older and we're all a little worn F We're all a little faded and we're all a little torn G C But you don't take pictures of the bad times C G We only wanna remember all the sunshine C F We don't live in pictures, this is real life G C And they're about as different as black and white C F I ain't got much to go on, just a box of photographs C G Every picture tells a story and every story has two halves