Chords for Merle Haggard - Mama Tried

_ _ _ _ First thing [D] I remember [G] knowing [D] was a lonesome whistle [G] blowing [D] and a young'un's dreams were
not [A] to rise.
_ [D] We were afraid to bring him [G] in town, [D] not knowing where [G] I'm bound.
[D] No one could [A] change my mind but [D] Mama tried.
_ I wasn't only a [G] troubled child [D] from a family [G] meek and mild, [D] my mama seemed to know what
[A] lay in [E] store.
[Am] _ [C#m] [D] But all my [G] sins were learning, the [D] bad I [G] kept on turning, [D] until Mama [A] couldn't hold me [D] anymore.
_ I turned 21 in prison [G] during life [Bm] without parole.
No one could steer me right but [A] Mama [D] tried, [A] Mama tried, [D] Mama tried to raise me [Am] better,
[G] but her pleading [D] I denied.
That is all you [A] need to blame, because [D] Mama tried. _ _ _ _
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Dear old daddy, the rest [G] of his soul left [D] my mama heavy [G] loaded.
[D] She tried so very hard to fill [A] his [G] shoes.
[Cm] _ [A] [D] Working hours [G] without rest, [D] wanted me to [G] have the best.
She tried [D] to [A] raise me right but [D] I refused.
I turned 21 in prison [G] during life [D] without parole.
[Bm] No one could steer me right but [A] Mama tried, Mama tried, Mama [D] tried to raise me [F#] better,
[G] but her pleading I [D] denied.
That is [A] all you need to blame, because [D] Mama tried.
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