F Am Bb Bb Am Gm (3x)
              cross this road...

   F                 Am
1. When I was just a little boy
   Bb                          Bb Am Gm
   Well I would go out to play
   And I would wander so far from home
   That I would lose my way
   And I'd call on my momma to help me
   and she'd come right away
   To help me get back home where I wanna be
   And here's what I say

    F             C
R1: Momma hold my hand
    Bb                  Bb    Am   Gm        F
    I don't think I can cross this road by myself
    Momma hold my hand
    I don't think I can cross this road by myself

   F                Am
2. And when I was a young man
   Bb              Bb Am Gm
   I would go astray
   Didn't want nobody to hold my hand
   Wanted to make my own way
   Dm                 Am       
   And my momma would come out to help me
   Dm                 Am
   But I pushed her away
   Dm                     Am
   Cause I just wanted to be on my own
   Bb                Bb    C
   And here's what I say

    F              C
R2: Momma leave my hand
    Bb                   Bb    Am   Gm        F
    I've been waiting to cross this road by myself
    Am         Bb          Bb Am Gm
    Cross this road by myself

   F                   Am
3. Well now that I'm a grown man
       Bb           Bb Am Gm
   And I've moved away
   I got a house a 9to5
   And my wife got a kid on the way
   Momma told me that life's gonna gear of
   Take it day by day
   But every once in a while I get scared
   And I wish I could say

    F             C
R3: Momma hold my hand
    Bb                  Bb    Am   Gm        F
    I don't think I can cross this road by myself
    Momma hold my hand
    I don't think I can cross this road by myself

   F               Am                     Bb
4. Now my momma is near the end of her years
                     Bb Am Gm
   And her hair is grey
   Sometimes I call her
   To ask her if she would like to spend the day
   Dm               Am
   Momma used to be strong but she aint now
   Dm                      Am
   And she can't make her way
   Dm                           Am
   That's why I'm always around when she needs help
   Bb                 Bb   C
   And here's what I say

    F             C
R4: Momma hold my hand
    Bb                    Bb    Am   Gm          F
    I don't think you can cross this road by yourself
    Momma hold my hand
    I don't think you can cross this road by yourself

F Am Bb Bb Am Gm F (2x)