Mama Tried Chords by Grateful Dead

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_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ [G] of growing [A] up to ride on [D] a freight train [G] leaving town.
Not knowing where I found it, [D] no one changed my mind. _ _
_ When an only [G] rebel child [D] from a fine land [G] make a mile,
Mama seems to know what [A] last goes.
_ [D] But all my [G] Sunday learning [D] for the bad I [G] kept on turning,
[D] Mama [A] couldn't hold me [D] in. _
And I turned 21 in prison [C] doing life [D] without a law.
[Bm] No one could steer me right, but [A] Mama tried, Mama tried,
[D] Mama tried to raise me better, [G] but her feet [D] and eye denied
that he's only me [A] to blame, [D] because Mama tried.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ [D] _
_ Your old daddy [G] rested soon, [D] had my mama [G] heavy loads,
[D] tried so [G] very hard to [A] fill his shoes.
_ [D] Working hours [G] without rest, [D] wanted [G] me to have a bed,
[D] to try to [A] raise me right, but I [D] refused. _
And I turned 21 in prison [C] doing life without [D] a law.
[Bm] No one could steer me right, but [A] Mama tried, Mama tried,
Mama [D] tried to raise me better, but [G] her feet and [D] eye denied
that he's only me [A] to blame, because Mama [D] tried. _
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[G] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _
And I turned 21 in [C] prison doing life without [D] a law.
[Bm] No one could steer me right, [A] but Mama tried, Mama tried,
[D] Mama tried to raise me better, but her [Am] feet and [D] eye denied
that he's only [A] me to blame, because [D] Mama tried. _
That he's only [A] me to blame, because [D] Mama tried. _