Chords for Grateful Dead - Mama Tried / Mexicali Blues - 12/28/1983 - San Francisco Civic Auditorium

[C#] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ the first thing I remember [G] in
was a lonesome [G] whistle blower
young [D] and streamer growing [A] up to run
_ on a great train leaving [G] town
[D] not knowing where [G] I found
no one's to [A] run but Mama
[D] _ one only rural [G] child
on a family beacon mile
[D] _
Mama seemed to [G] know
what led us [A] to
spite [D] all my Sunday [G] learning
the [D] door of the bath
kept [G] on turning
[D] till Mama couldn't hold
it in her hand _
then I turned 21 in prison
doing [C] life without [D]
parole
no [Bm] one could see me right
but Mama [A] tried, Mama tried
Mama [D] tried to raise me [E] better
but her bleeding eyes [D] denied
released no one [A] beneath the blame
_ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ Mama tried to raise _ _ _ [A] me better
but _ _ _ [D] her bleeding eyes denied
Mama tried to [C] raise me [B] better
_ [Bm] _ _
_ [A] but her bleeding eyes denied
Mama tried to raise me better
but her bleeding eyes denied
Mama tried to raise me better
Mama [D] tried to raise me better
but her bleeding [D] eyes denied
released no one [A] beneath the blame Mama [D] tried _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ Mama [D] tried to raise me better
but her [G] bleeding eyes [D] denied
_ Mama [A] _
_ [D] tried to raise me better
but her bleeding eyes denied
Mama tried to raise me better
but her bleeding eyes denied
released no one [A] beneath the blame Mama tried _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[A] laid back in an old saloon
with a pace on [Em] my hand
[A] watching flies and children
[D] on the street _
[A] then I catch a glimpse of black-eyed girls
they giggle when [Em] I smile
[A] this little boy, and he wants to [D] shine my feet
[G] in this three days' ride from
[Em] Bakersfield, I don't know why I came
[A] I guess I came to keep from the [D] bad days _
[G] so instead I've gone to find
[Em] a girl who's just fourteen
[A] in the embrace of a Mexican that loves
hey, [D] _ is there anything men don't stand to lose?
_ when the devil [A] wants to take it all away
we're just sweaty thots
keeping tight and ripped on the blues
_ drinking a whole half a day hey _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [A]
Wes said her name was Billie [C] Jean
and she was [Em] fresh in town
[A] I didn't know a stage line [D] around for her _
[A] she had raven hair, ruffled dress
and necklace [Em] made of gold
[A] all the French perfume [D] you'd care to smell _ _
[G] took me up [B] into her room
[Em] whispered in my ear
[A] won't my friend do [D] anything she _ chooses
[G] now I'm paying for those happy [Em] hours
she spent there in her arms
[A] who her life found's worth of a Mexican that loves hey _
[D] _ is there anything men don't stand to lose?
_ when the devil [Am] wants to take it all away
we're just sweaty thots
keeping tight and ripped on the blues
drinking a whole [A] half a day
_ [E] _
[D] hey
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ [D] _ _
hey
is there anything men don't _ stand to lose?
_ _ _ when [A] the devil wants to _ take it all away
we're just sweaty thots
_ keeping _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
tight and ripped _ on the blues
drinking a whole half a day _
[A] is there anything _ men don't _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] stand to lose? _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ is [D] _ there anything men don't stand to lose?
[Am] then a man rode into town
some thought he [E] was a liar
[A] yet a chain was weighing the [D] weight of the game _
[A] he told me he would take me
if I didn't use my gun
then I'd have no one but myself [D] to blame _ _
[G] went down to [B] those dusty streets
[Em] blood was on my mind _
[A] _ seizure had turned [Dm] me _ _
[G] cause I shot [B] first and killed him
[Em] lord I didn't even draw
[A] now I spent my last job running
bruised with Mexicali blood [D] hey
is there anything men don't stand to lose?
when he left a woman [E] holding me in her hands
[Am] just might find myself out there on a horseback in the dark _
strapping on [Em] a cross to his [A] chest _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _