Chords for Jimmie's Mean Mama Blues by Jimmie Rodgers (1930)

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[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] For [A] weary weeks [C] I've waited _ and hoping for the best
_ [F] But blues will make me ramble [C] and the rails [G] are leading [C] west
_ [F] I'm feeling _ awful _ lonesome, pleasure I [C] can't find
_ _ I'm leaving you [A] mean mama [Am] _ [D] just to worry [C] you all for my
_ Oh [F] dee dee dee dee _ _ oh dee dee dee oh dee dee [C] dee _ _ _ [G] oh dee dee _ dee
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_ _ _ That _ _ _ old [G] gang kindly [C] whispers just fall in line and smile _
[F] _ Mean mama haunts me and [C] I crave the peace of mile _
[F] I don't know where I'm going, _ I'm feeling kind of [C] queer. _ _
I've been from [A] several places, and [D] I'm going to [C] be frontier.
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[C] _ _ [A] _ [C] Seems [G] there's something [C] missing, _ there's feelings in my breast.
_ _ [F] I crave to cover distance, [C] so mean mama give me rest.
_ [Am] I [F] hear the [F] rails a-singing, the sky is clear [C] and blue.
_ _ I'm going to [G] leave [A] you mama, [D] when the [Em] train comes [C] rolling through.
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[C] No money [G] in [C] my pocket, [A] _
[C] I'm loafing around so flat.
_ [F] And soon I'll be strolling _ down that railroad track.
_ And when I'm miles away, _ _ riding [C] all the while.
_ I'll think of you [A] mean mama, _ [D] I'll think [Em] of you and [A] [C] smile.
[G] Yodel-ay-hee-hee-hee-hee-hee, _ yodel-ay-hee-hee-hee-hee. _ _ _ _ _ _