Chords for Merle Haggard - Mama Tried

_ _ _ [D] Two Larry Ducks and [G] a farm boy's nose
[C#] _ _ [A] _ _
Wondering [Bm] where the [D] freight is _ _ _ _
Standing in a field [G] by the railroad track
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Person is flying [A] on my top stack _
_ [D] I can see Mom and Dad [G] with a shoulder load
[Cm] _ [A] _ [C#m] Both of them picking [D] on a double roll
_ _ _ They do it for a living, [Em] they cause them no
[A] That's life like it is [D] in a two Larry Duck _ _
First thing I remember [G] to know
[D] Is a long whistle [G]
blowing
[D] On the young and free
Go out [A] to [Bm] ride
[C] _
[A] _ [D] Freight train [G] to leave the town
[D] Not knowing [G] where I'm bound
[D] No one [A] changed my mind but Mama [D] tried _
The one and only rebel [G] child
From [D] a family meek [G] and mild
[D] My Mama seemed to know one day [A] it's more
_ [D] But all my sons [G] were learning
[D] Weren't too bad, I kept [G] on turning
[D] Though Mama [A] couldn't hold me [D] anymore
I turned 21 in Britain
Doing [G] life without [D] parole
[Bm] It didn't do me right but Mama [A] [Bm] tried
[Cm] Mama [C#] tried, Mama [D] tried to raise me [F#] better
[G] But her bleeding [D] eyes denied
She said leave all you [A] need to blame
Cause Mama [D] tried
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_ _ _ _ Your old daddy, rest [G] his soul
Left [Bm] my Mama heavy [G] load
[D] She tried so very hard to fill [A] his [Bm] shoes
[Cm] _ [A] [D] Working hours [G] without rest
Wanted me to have the best
[D] She tried to raise [A] me right but I [D] refused
I turned 21 in Britain
Doing [G] life without [D] parole
[Bm] It didn't do me right but Mama [A] tried
[Bm] Mama [Cm] [C#m] tried, Mama [D] tried to raise me [F#] better
[G] But her bleeding eyes [D] denied
She said leave all you need [A] to blame
[D] Cause Mama tried _ _ _ _
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