Chords for black mama jerry lee lewis
Tempo:
95.95 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
Cm
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G]
[D] [G]
[Em] [Bm] [G] Left [D] at the door [G] of a stranger, [F#] [G] I was left [D] there in the middle [G] of the night.
[E] [Bm] [G] Led by [Bm] someone who [C] couldn't keep me, [Cm] [G] but what she did [D] turned out [G] just [E] right.
[Bm] [G] In a little southern [D] town [G] by a river, in a building [D] called a [G]
sharecropper's shack.
Lord, I was raised from a baby [C] to manhood [Cm] by [G]
a mama [D] who [G]
was black.
To [D] me, she was [G] my mama, [D] though blood had been [G] spilled.
She had love that was more [C] than a vision [Cm]
[G] from a mama [D] who [G] was black.
[E] [Bm]
[G] I never [D] knew brothers [G] and sisters.
I never had [D] a dad [G] to call my own.
But as long, [Dm] Lord, [G] as I [C] can remember, [Cm]
[G] black mama, [D] she made [G] a good home.
[E] [B]
[G] I'm [D] sure to most folks,
[G] it looked different.
[Em] [G]
When they saw [D] me [G] up on her own knee, or as I grew up and we [C] traveled around.
[Cm]
When [G] they saw [D] black mama [G] and me, [Bm]
[Em] to [D] me she's still [G] my mama.
I [D] know blood, it could never [G] do that.
But I had love that was more [C] than a [Cm] vision.
[G] By a mama [D] who [G] was black, [D] I received the message [G] of sadness.
I [D] ran to her side [G] right away.
[E] [Bm]
[G] But before
[C] I could speak with her, [Cm]
[G] black mama [D] passed [G] away.
[Em]
[G] Today [D] for me, neighbors, [G] is a sad one.
As I [D] stand with my tears
[G] running free, [Em] [Bm]
[G] her life here on earth [C] is over.
[Cm]
[G] God took [D] black mama [G] from me.
[F#] [Em]
[D] To me, she [G] was my mama.
[D] Though blood, it [G] didn't do that.
But I had love that was more [C] than a vision.
[Cm]
[G] By a mama [D] who [G] was black.
[Em] [Bm] But I [G] had love that was more [C] than a vision.
[Cm] [G] By a mama [D] who [C] was black.
[Am] [G] [N]
[D] [G]
[Em] [Bm] [G] Left [D] at the door [G] of a stranger, [F#] [G] I was left [D] there in the middle [G] of the night.
[E] [Bm] [G] Led by [Bm] someone who [C] couldn't keep me, [Cm] [G] but what she did [D] turned out [G] just [E] right.
[Bm] [G] In a little southern [D] town [G] by a river, in a building [D] called a [G]
sharecropper's shack.
Lord, I was raised from a baby [C] to manhood [Cm] by [G]
a mama [D] who [G]
was black.
To [D] me, she was [G] my mama, [D] though blood had been [G] spilled.
She had love that was more [C] than a vision [Cm]
[G] from a mama [D] who [G] was black.
[E] [Bm]
[G] I never [D] knew brothers [G] and sisters.
I never had [D] a dad [G] to call my own.
But as long, [Dm] Lord, [G] as I [C] can remember, [Cm]
[G] black mama, [D] she made [G] a good home.
[E] [B]
[G] I'm [D] sure to most folks,
[G] it looked different.
[Em] [G]
When they saw [D] me [G] up on her own knee, or as I grew up and we [C] traveled around.
[Cm]
When [G] they saw [D] black mama [G] and me, [Bm]
[Em] to [D] me she's still [G] my mama.
I [D] know blood, it could never [G] do that.
But I had love that was more [C] than a [Cm] vision.
[G] By a mama [D] who [G] was black, [D] I received the message [G] of sadness.
I [D] ran to her side [G] right away.
[E] [Bm]
[G] But before
[C] I could speak with her, [Cm]
[G] black mama [D] passed [G] away.
[Em]
[G] Today [D] for me, neighbors, [G] is a sad one.
As I [D] stand with my tears
[G] running free, [Em] [Bm]
[G] her life here on earth [C] is over.
[Cm]
[G] God took [D] black mama [G] from me.
[F#] [Em]
[D] To me, she [G] was my mama.
[D] Though blood, it [G] didn't do that.
But I had love that was more [C] than a vision.
[Cm]
[G] By a mama [D] who [G] was black.
[Em] [Bm] But I [G] had love that was more [C] than a vision.
[Cm] [G] By a mama [D] who [C] was black.
[Am] [G] [N]
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ [Bm] _ [G] _ Left [D] at the door [G] of a stranger, _ _ [F#] _ [G] _ I was left [D] there in the middle [G] of the night. _
_ _ [E] _ [Bm] _ [G] Led by [Bm] someone who [C] couldn't keep me, [Cm] _ _ [G] but what she did _ [D] turned out [G] just _ _ [E] right.
[Bm] [G] In a little southern [D] town [G] by a river, _ _ _ _ in a building [D] called a _ _ [G]
sharecropper's shack.
_ _ _ Lord, I was raised from a baby [C] to manhood [Cm] _ by [G]
a mama _ [D] who _ [G]
was black.
_ To _ [D] me, _ she was [G] my mama, _ _ [D] though blood had been [G] spilled. _ _ _ _
She had love that was more [C] than a vision [Cm] _ _
[G] from a mama _ [D] who [G] was black.
_ _ [E] _ [Bm] _
[G] _ I never [D] knew brothers [G] and sisters. _ _ _ _
_ I never had [D] a dad _ [G] to call my own. _ _ _ _
_ But as long, [Dm] Lord, [G] as I [C] can remember, _ [Cm] _ _ _
[G] black mama, [D] _ she made [G] a good home.
_ _ [E] _ [B] _
[G] _ I'm [D] sure to most folks, _
[G] it looked different.
_ [Em] _ [G] _
When they saw [D] me _ [G] up on her own knee, _ _ _ _ or as I grew up and we [C] traveled around.
_ [Cm] _
When [G] they saw [D] black mama [G] and _ me, [Bm]
[Em] to [D] me _ she's still [G] my mama. _ _
I [D] know blood, it could never [G] do that. _ _
But I had love that was more _ [C] than a [Cm] vision. _ _
[G] By a mama [D] who _ [G] was black, _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] I received the message [G] of sadness. _ _
_ _ I [D] ran to her side [G] right away.
_ [E] _ [Bm] _
[G] _ _ But before _
[C] I could speak with her, [Cm] _ _
[G] _ black mama _ [D] passed [G] away.
_ _ [Em] _ _
[G] _ Today [D] for me, neighbors, [G] is a sad one. _ _
_ As I [D] stand with my tears _
[G] running free, _ [Em] _ [Bm] _
[G] her life here on earth [C] is over.
[Cm] _ _
[G] God took _ [D] black mama [G] from me.
_ [F#] _ [Em]
[D] To me, she _ [G] was my mama. _ _
[D] Though blood, it _ [G] didn't do that.
_ _ But I had love that was more [C] than a vision.
[Cm] _
[G] By a mama [D] who _ [G] was black.
_ _ [Em] [Bm] But I [G] had love that was more [C] than a vision.
_ [Cm] _ [G] By a mama [D] _ who [C] was black.
_ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ [Bm] _ [G] _ Left [D] at the door [G] of a stranger, _ _ [F#] _ [G] _ I was left [D] there in the middle [G] of the night. _
_ _ [E] _ [Bm] _ [G] Led by [Bm] someone who [C] couldn't keep me, [Cm] _ _ [G] but what she did _ [D] turned out [G] just _ _ [E] right.
[Bm] [G] In a little southern [D] town [G] by a river, _ _ _ _ in a building [D] called a _ _ [G]
sharecropper's shack.
_ _ _ Lord, I was raised from a baby [C] to manhood [Cm] _ by [G]
a mama _ [D] who _ [G]
was black.
_ To _ [D] me, _ she was [G] my mama, _ _ [D] though blood had been [G] spilled. _ _ _ _
She had love that was more [C] than a vision [Cm] _ _
[G] from a mama _ [D] who [G] was black.
_ _ [E] _ [Bm] _
[G] _ I never [D] knew brothers [G] and sisters. _ _ _ _
_ I never had [D] a dad _ [G] to call my own. _ _ _ _
_ But as long, [Dm] Lord, [G] as I [C] can remember, _ [Cm] _ _ _
[G] black mama, [D] _ she made [G] a good home.
_ _ [E] _ [B] _
[G] _ I'm [D] sure to most folks, _
[G] it looked different.
_ [Em] _ [G] _
When they saw [D] me _ [G] up on her own knee, _ _ _ _ or as I grew up and we [C] traveled around.
_ [Cm] _
When [G] they saw [D] black mama [G] and _ me, [Bm]
[Em] to [D] me _ she's still [G] my mama. _ _
I [D] know blood, it could never [G] do that. _ _
But I had love that was more _ [C] than a [Cm] vision. _ _
[G] By a mama [D] who _ [G] was black, _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] I received the message [G] of sadness. _ _
_ _ I [D] ran to her side [G] right away.
_ [E] _ [Bm] _
[G] _ _ But before _
[C] I could speak with her, [Cm] _ _
[G] _ black mama _ [D] passed [G] away.
_ _ [Em] _ _
[G] _ Today [D] for me, neighbors, [G] is a sad one. _ _
_ As I [D] stand with my tears _
[G] running free, _ [Em] _ [Bm] _
[G] her life here on earth [C] is over.
[Cm] _ _
[G] God took _ [D] black mama [G] from me.
_ [F#] _ [Em]
[D] To me, she _ [G] was my mama. _ _
[D] Though blood, it _ [G] didn't do that.
_ _ But I had love that was more [C] than a vision.
[Cm] _
[G] By a mama [D] who _ [G] was black.
_ _ [Em] [Bm] But I [G] had love that was more [C] than a vision.
_ [Cm] _ [G] By a mama [D] _ who [C] was black.
_ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _