Chords for Johnny Cash - Mama Tried

[Bb] _ [B] Hello, I'm Johnny [Bb] K.
Hello, Mama.
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Hello, baby.
_ _ Hi, Jim.
Hello, Bill Walker. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ The first thing I [Eb] remember knowin'
[Bb] Was a lonesome [Eb] whistle blowin'
[Bb] And a young boy's dream
Of growin' up [F] to ride
On [Bb] a freight train Leavin' town
Not knowin' where [Eb] I'm bound
[Bb] And no one could [F] change my mind
But [Bb] Mama tried
A one and only [Eb] rebel child
[Bb] From a family [Eb] meek and mild
[Bb] My Mama seemed to [F] know
What lay in store
In [Bb] spite of all my [Eb] Sunday learnin'
[Bb] To the wrong I [Eb] kept on turnin'
[Bb] Till Mama [F] couldn't hold me [Bb] anymore
And I turned twenty-one
In prison doin' life without parole
No [Gm] one could steer me right
But [F] Mama tried Mama tried [Bb] Mama tried
Mama tried to raise me better
[Eb] But her pleadings [Bb] I denied
That leaves only [F] me to blame
[Bb] Cause Mama cried
My _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
dear old daddy
[Eb] Rest his soul
Left my [Bb] Mama [Eb] heavy load
[Bb] She tried so very [Am] hard
To [F] fill his shoes _
[Bb] Workin' hours [Eb] without rest
[Bb] Wanted me to have [Eb] the best
[Bb] She tried [F] to raise me [Bb] right
But I refused
And I turned twenty-one
In prison [Eb] doin' life without [Bb] parole
[Gm] No one could steer me right
But Mama [F] tried Mama tried
Mama [Bb] tried to raise me better
But [Eb] her [Bb] pleadings I denied
That leaves only me to blame
Cause Mama cried
Yes, that leaves only [F] me to blame
Cause Mama [Bb] cried Mama cried _
You did a [Eb] good job too, Mama
[N] _ _ _
Yeah, you did
Yes, you did
Hey, thank you
Thank you very much _ _ _
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