Chords for My Mama told me, "Son, Always be a good boy, Don't play around with guns."

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My Mama told me, "Son, Always be a good boy, Don't play around with guns." chords
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[E] [B] [G] [E]
[D] [Em]
[E]
I was just a baby, my mama told me so
I wake up every [Bm] morning, [Em] I don't play around with [E] guns
[A] But I love the man I'm in love with
Just to watch [E] him die
[F] [Bm]
Till I was blown out
[B] [G] [E] I'm just one [Em] [E]
of a kind
I'm a dead man, been around and gone
I've been making my way, [Ab] making [G] roads to God
[D] Well, [A] I know that I [G] can't [E] be
[A] [B]
They pay the people their names
That's [Eb] why I [G] talk [E] just to you
[Em] [E]
[Dbm]
[A] [E]
[B]
[Em] [E]
I'm getting along with brothers
They got real real faithful men
They're good at moving on
But they're not [Ab] gonna lie
[A] I'm a poor brother
That's where [Em] I want to stay
[E] I'm [Bb]
[B] a lonely one, so I'm a [Eb] lonely one
[E]
[Bm] [Db] [Ab] [A]
[A] [Dbm] [E]
[B]
[A] [D] [E]
[Em]
[Abm] [E] [Em]
[A]
[G] [E]
[Em] [Bm] [B]
[G] [E]
[A] [Em] [E] I was just a baby, my mama told me so
I wake up every morning, I don't play around with guns
But [A] I love the man I'm in love with
Just to watch him [E] die
Well, [B] I know that I can't be
They pay the people their names
That's why I [G] talk just to you
[E]
[A]
[Em]
[E] [B]
[E]
I'm [B]
[G] [E]
getting along with brothers
I'm getting along with
[N] [Bm]
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Em
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Em
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[E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E]
I was just a baby, my mama told me so
I wake up every [Bm] morning, [Em] I don't play around with [E] guns
[A] But I love the man I'm in love with
Just to watch [E] him die
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ [Bm]
Till I was blown out
[B] _ _ _ [G] [E] I'm just one _ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _ _
of a kind
I'm a dead man, been around and gone
I've been making my way, [Ab] making [G] roads to God
[D] Well, _ _ _ [A] I know that I [G] can't [E] be
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [B]
They pay the people their names
That's [Eb] why I [G] talk [E] just to you
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dbm] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I'm getting along with brothers
They got real real faithful men
They're good at moving on
But they're not [Ab] gonna lie
[A] I'm a poor brother
That's where [Em] I want to stay
[E] I'm _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
[B] a lonely one, so I'm a [Eb] lonely one
[E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [Db] _ [Ab] _ [A] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Dbm] _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Abm] _ [E] _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _
[Em] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _
_ [A] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] I was just a baby, my mama told me so
I wake up every morning, I don't play around with guns
But [A] I love the man I'm in love with
Just to watch him [E] die
_ _ _ Well, [B] I know that I can't be
They pay the people their names
That's why I [G] talk just to you
[E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ I'm _ [B] _
_ _ [G] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ getting along with brothers
I'm getting along with_
_ [N] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _

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