Chords for (HQ) Robert Clark ''Bob'' Seger - Momma (1975)
Tempo:
74.375 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[F] [D] [G] I was the [D] baby brother, [Em] I was the [G] quiet other, [C] and I [Am] remember mother [G] so well.
I was the [D] little stranger, [Em] I never [G] was in danger, [C] I could have [Am] had a manger, [G] pray tell.
Oh how she could [Am] control me, [G] and when I was [C] bad she'd scold me.
[G] Sometimes she [Am] wouldn't hold me [D] and I'd [Em] cry.
[D] [Am]
But mama she [Ab] never told me [C] a lie,
[Am] mama she [Ab] never told [G] me a lie.
[C]
[F] [G] I used [Bm] to stay out [D] evenings, [Em] stay out [G] too late some evenings, [C] and mama [Am] would be there seein' [G] back home.
[C] [G] Mama she [D] sat and waited, [Em] sat and [G] waited, [C] now I know why she hated [G] that phone.
When I came [Am] in she'd grab me, [G] right by [C] my arm she'd grab [G] me, and Lord when she [C] finished with me [D] I [Gb] [D] [Am] cried.
But mama [Ab] she never told [C] me a lie,
[Am] mama she never [Ab] told [G] me a lie.
[F]
[G] [Bm]
[Em] [G] [C] [Am]
[G] [Bm]
[Em] [C] [Am]
[G] Oh [C] how she could control me, [G] and when I was [C] bad she'd scold [G] me.
Sometimes she [Am] wouldn't hold me [D] and I'd [Em] cry.
[D] But [C]
[Am] mama she [Ab] never told me [C] a lie,
[Am] mama she [Ab] never promised [C] the sky.
[Am] Mama she [Ab] never told me [G] a lie.
[F] [D] [G]
I was the [D] little stranger, [Em] I never [G] was in danger, [C] I could have [Am] had a manger, [G] pray tell.
Oh how she could [Am] control me, [G] and when I was [C] bad she'd scold me.
[G] Sometimes she [Am] wouldn't hold me [D] and I'd [Em] cry.
[D] [Am]
But mama she [Ab] never told me [C] a lie,
[Am] mama she [Ab] never told [G] me a lie.
[C]
[F] [G] I used [Bm] to stay out [D] evenings, [Em] stay out [G] too late some evenings, [C] and mama [Am] would be there seein' [G] back home.
[C] [G] Mama she [D] sat and waited, [Em] sat and [G] waited, [C] now I know why she hated [G] that phone.
When I came [Am] in she'd grab me, [G] right by [C] my arm she'd grab [G] me, and Lord when she [C] finished with me [D] I [Gb] [D] [Am] cried.
But mama [Ab] she never told [C] me a lie,
[Am] mama she never [Ab] told [G] me a lie.
[F]
[G] [Bm]
[Em] [G] [C] [Am]
[G] [Bm]
[Em] [C] [Am]
[G] Oh [C] how she could control me, [G] and when I was [C] bad she'd scold [G] me.
Sometimes she [Am] wouldn't hold me [D] and I'd [Em] cry.
[D] But [C]
[Am] mama she [Ab] never told me [C] a lie,
[Am] mama she [Ab] never promised [C] the sky.
[Am] Mama she [Ab] never told me [G] a lie.
[F] [D] [G]
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[F] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] I was the [D] baby brother, [Em] I was the [G] quiet other, [C] and I [Am] remember mother [G] so well.
_ _ I was the [D] little stranger, [Em] I never [G] was in danger, [C] I could have [Am] had a manger, [G] pray tell.
_ Oh how she could [Am] control me, [G] and when I was [C] bad she'd scold me.
[G] Sometimes she [Am] wouldn't hold me [D] and I'd [Em] cry.
[D] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
But mama she [Ab] never told me [C] a lie, _ _
[Am] mama she [Ab] never told [G] me a lie.
_ [C] _
[F] _ _ _ _ [G] I used [Bm] to stay out [D] evenings, [Em] stay out [G] too late some evenings, [C] and mama [Am] would be there seein' [G] back home.
_ [C] _ [G] Mama she [D] sat and waited, [Em] sat and [G] waited, [C] now I know why she hated [G] that phone.
_ _ When I came [Am] in she'd grab me, [G] right by [C] my arm she'd grab [G] me, and Lord when she [C] finished with me [D] I [Gb] _ [D] _ _ [Am] cried. _ _
But mama [Ab] she never told [C] me a lie, _
[Am] mama she never [Ab] told [G] me a lie. _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[Em] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _
[G] _ _ Oh _ [C] how she could control me, [G] and when I was [C] bad she'd scold [G] me.
Sometimes she [Am] wouldn't hold me [D] and I'd [Em] cry.
[D] But [C] _ _ _ _
[Am] mama she [Ab] never told me [C] a lie, _
[Am] mama she [Ab] never promised [C] the sky. _ _
[Am] Mama she [Ab] never told me [G] a lie. _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I was the [D] little stranger, [Em] I never [G] was in danger, [C] I could have [Am] had a manger, [G] pray tell.
_ Oh how she could [Am] control me, [G] and when I was [C] bad she'd scold me.
[G] Sometimes she [Am] wouldn't hold me [D] and I'd [Em] cry.
[D] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
But mama she [Ab] never told me [C] a lie, _ _
[Am] mama she [Ab] never told [G] me a lie.
_ [C] _
[F] _ _ _ _ [G] I used [Bm] to stay out [D] evenings, [Em] stay out [G] too late some evenings, [C] and mama [Am] would be there seein' [G] back home.
_ [C] _ [G] Mama she [D] sat and waited, [Em] sat and [G] waited, [C] now I know why she hated [G] that phone.
_ _ When I came [Am] in she'd grab me, [G] right by [C] my arm she'd grab [G] me, and Lord when she [C] finished with me [D] I [Gb] _ [D] _ _ [Am] cried. _ _
But mama [Ab] she never told [C] me a lie, _
[Am] mama she never [Ab] told [G] me a lie. _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[Em] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _
[G] _ _ Oh _ [C] how she could control me, [G] and when I was [C] bad she'd scold [G] me.
Sometimes she [Am] wouldn't hold me [D] and I'd [Em] cry.
[D] But [C] _ _ _ _
[Am] mama she [Ab] never told me [C] a lie, _
[Am] mama she [Ab] never promised [C] the sky. _ _
[Am] Mama she [Ab] never told me [G] a lie. _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _