_ _ Mama cry, Mama cry.
D _ _ Are you ready for
D your song, Mom _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ First thing I remember
G knowing.
D Is the lonesome whistle
G blowing.
D And the youngin's dream of growing up to
A rise _ .
D On a freight train leaving
G town.
D Not knowing where
G I'm bound.
D Oh, what changed
A my mind with Mama
D cry _ .
The one and only
G rebel child.
D From a family
G meek and mild.
D My Mama seemed to know what lay in
Bm store _ .
D Spent all my
G Sunday learning.
D But with the bad act
G kept on turning.
D Till Mama
A couldn't hold me
D anymore _ _ .
I turned 21 in prison.
G Living life
D without a control.
Bm No one could steer me right.
But
A Mama cried, Mama cried.
D Mama cried to raise me better.
G But her fleeting
D eye denied.
That he was
A only made to blind.
Was Mama
D proud.
Dear _ _
G _ _
D _ _
G _ _ .
D _ _ _ _
A _ _ _ _ .
D _ _
G _ _
D _ _
G _ _ .
_ _
A _ _
D _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ old Daddy,
G rest your soul.
Left
D my Mama heavy
G load.
D She tried so very hard to fill his shoes.
_ Working hours
G without rest.
D Wanted me to
G have the best.
D She tried to
A raise me right.
But
D I refused.
And I turned 21 in prison.
Living
G life without
D a control.
Bm No one could steer me right.
But Mama
A cried, Mama cried.
Mama
D cried to raise me better.
G But her fleeting eye
D denied.
That he was only made
A to blind.
Was Mama
D proud _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _
A _ _ _ _
D _ _ .
B _ _ _ _ Can you stand up Mama and take a bow.
Stand up right, my mother's sitting right here.
_ How _ _ .
_ _
D _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _
B _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _
N _ about that _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _
B _ _ _ .
She's to blame for this whole evening _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _
Bbm _ _ Y'all
D don't bother her now.
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A _ _ _ _
Eb _ _ _ _ _
Ab _ _
Eb _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _
Bb _ _ .
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Eb _ _ _ _ _
Ab _ .