Chords for Justin Townes Earle: Mama's Eyes
Tempo:
81.475 bpm
Chords used:
F
Bb
C
Dm
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D] I'll play something, uh, something sweet.
[F]
[Bb] [F]
[Bb] [C] [F]
[C] [F] I am my father's son,
[Bb] never [F] known when to shut [C] up.
[Dm] [F] [C] I ain't [Bb] fooling no [F] one no more.
[Bb] [F] I am my father's son, [C]
[F] we don't see eye to eye.
[Bb] [F] I'll be the first to admit [C] I've never tried.
[Dm] [C] Sure it hurts, but it [Bb] should hurt [F] sometime.
[Bb] [C] We don't see [F] eye to eye.
[C]
[F]
[C]
[F] I [Bb] was a young man [F] when I first found pleasure in the [C] feel of a sin.
[Dm] [C] And I went down the [Gm] same road as [F] my old man, [Bb] but [C] I was [F] younger again.
[Dm] It's [Bb] 3 a.m. and [F] I'm [C] standing in the kitchen, [Dm] [Bb] holding my [F] last cigarette.
[Dm] [Bb] Strike a match [F] and I see my reflection [Bb] in the mirror in the hall.
[F] And I [C] say to myself, [F] [Bb] I've got my [F] mama's eye.
[Bb] A [F] long, thin frame and a [C] smile, [Dm] [C] and I still see wrong [Bb] from right.
[F] [Bb] Cause [G] I've got [D] my mama's [F] eye.
[Bb] Yeah, I've [F] got my mama's eye.
[Fm] [N]
[F]
[Bb] [F]
[Bb] [C] [F]
[C] [F] I am my father's son,
[Bb] never [F] known when to shut [C] up.
[Dm] [F] [C] I ain't [Bb] fooling no [F] one no more.
[Bb] [F] I am my father's son, [C]
[F] we don't see eye to eye.
[Bb] [F] I'll be the first to admit [C] I've never tried.
[Dm] [C] Sure it hurts, but it [Bb] should hurt [F] sometime.
[Bb] [C] We don't see [F] eye to eye.
[C]
[F]
[C]
[F] I [Bb] was a young man [F] when I first found pleasure in the [C] feel of a sin.
[Dm] [C] And I went down the [Gm] same road as [F] my old man, [Bb] but [C] I was [F] younger again.
[Dm] It's [Bb] 3 a.m. and [F] I'm [C] standing in the kitchen, [Dm] [Bb] holding my [F] last cigarette.
[Dm] [Bb] Strike a match [F] and I see my reflection [Bb] in the mirror in the hall.
[F] And I [C] say to myself, [F] [Bb] I've got my [F] mama's eye.
[Bb] A [F] long, thin frame and a [C] smile, [Dm] [C] and I still see wrong [Bb] from right.
[F] [Bb] Cause [G] I've got [D] my mama's [F] eye.
[Bb] Yeah, I've [F] got my mama's eye.
[Fm] [N]
Key:
F
Bb
C
Dm
D
F
Bb
C
[D] I'll play something, uh, _ _ something sweet.
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ _
[C] _ [F] I am my father's son, _ _
_ [Bb] never [F] known when to shut [C] up. _ _
_ [Dm] _ [F] [C] I ain't [Bb] fooling no [F] one no more.
_ [Bb] [F] I am my father's son, _ [C] _
_ [F] we don't see eye to eye. _ _
_ [Bb] [F] I'll be the first to admit [C] I've never tried.
[Dm] [C] Sure it hurts, but it [Bb] should hurt [F] sometime.
_ [Bb] [C] We don't see [F] eye to eye.
_ [C] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [F] I [Bb] was a young man [F] when _ _ I first found pleasure in the [C] feel of a sin.
_ [Dm] _ [C] And I went down the [Gm] same road as [F] my old man, [Bb] but [C] I was [F] younger again. _
_ [Dm] It's [Bb] 3 a.m. and [F] I'm [C] standing in the kitchen, [Dm] _ [Bb] holding my [F] last cigarette. _
_ [Dm] _ [Bb] Strike a match [F] and I see my reflection [Bb] in the mirror in the hall.
[F] And I [C] say to myself, _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] I've got my [F] mama's eye.
_ _ [Bb] A [F] long, thin frame and a [C] smile, _ _ [Dm] _ [C] and I still see wrong [Bb] from right.
[F] _ _ [Bb] Cause [G] I've got [D] my mama's [F] eye.
_ _ [Bb] Yeah, I've [F] got my _ mama's eye. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ [N] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ _
[C] _ [F] I am my father's son, _ _
_ [Bb] never [F] known when to shut [C] up. _ _
_ [Dm] _ [F] [C] I ain't [Bb] fooling no [F] one no more.
_ [Bb] [F] I am my father's son, _ [C] _
_ [F] we don't see eye to eye. _ _
_ [Bb] [F] I'll be the first to admit [C] I've never tried.
[Dm] [C] Sure it hurts, but it [Bb] should hurt [F] sometime.
_ [Bb] [C] We don't see [F] eye to eye.
_ [C] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [F] I [Bb] was a young man [F] when _ _ I first found pleasure in the [C] feel of a sin.
_ [Dm] _ [C] And I went down the [Gm] same road as [F] my old man, [Bb] but [C] I was [F] younger again. _
_ [Dm] It's [Bb] 3 a.m. and [F] I'm [C] standing in the kitchen, [Dm] _ [Bb] holding my [F] last cigarette. _
_ [Dm] _ [Bb] Strike a match [F] and I see my reflection [Bb] in the mirror in the hall.
[F] And I [C] say to myself, _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] I've got my [F] mama's eye.
_ _ [Bb] A [F] long, thin frame and a [C] smile, _ _ [Dm] _ [C] and I still see wrong [Bb] from right.
[F] _ _ [Bb] Cause [G] I've got [D] my mama's [F] eye.
_ _ [Bb] Yeah, I've [F] got my _ mama's eye. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ [N] _ _