Chords for Merle Haggard - "Mama Tried" [Live from Austin, TX]

_ _ Two [D] Larry Ducks [G] and a farm boy's nose
[A] _ _ _ Wondering where [D] the freight train goes
_ _ Standing in a field [G] by the railroad track
_ [Em] _ [E] _
Cussing a strap [Em] on my cotton [A] sack _ _ _ [D] and I can see mom and [G] dad shoulders low _
[A] Both [C#] of them picking [D] on a double row _
And _ they do it for a living [G] because they must [A] that's life like it is
[D] in the two Larry does
_ First thing I remember [G] no end [D] was a long
_ [G] Flowing [D] a young screen growing up [A] to [Bm] ride
[A] On [D] a freight train leaving [G] town [D] not knowing where [G] I'm bound.
[D] No one changed [A] my mind, but mama [D] dry
_ What an only rebel [G] child from [D] a family meek [G] and mild [D] my mama seemed to know what lay [A] in [Bm] store
[Cm] _ [C#m] [D] Spot all my [G] Sunday learning [D] toward the bad.
I kept [G] on turning [D] till mama [A] couldn't hold me [D] anymore _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ [Bm] One could steer me right but mama [A] [D] tried mama [A] tried mama [D]
tried to race me better
[G] But her pleading [D] I denied it leaves [Bm] only [A] me blame [D] mama tried _ _ _
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_ _ Zero daddy [G] rest his soul [D] at my mom [G] heavy load
[D] She tried so very hard to [F#m] fill his [Bm] shoes
[A] _ [D] Working hours [G] without rest [D] wanted me to [G] have the best.
[Bm] She tried to [A] raise me right, but [D] I refused
Not turn 21 in prison [G] doing life without [D] parole
[Bm] One could steer me right but [A] mama [Dm] tried mama [A] tried
[D] _ _ _ [G] Your pleading I [D] denied it leaves [A] only me to blame was [D] mama's try _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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