Chords for MERLE HAGGARD sings "Mama Tried" To His Mama

Mama cry, Mama cry.
[D] Are you ready for [D] your song, Mom?
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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 .
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[A] [D] .
[B] Can you stand up Mama and take a bow?.
Stand up right, my mother's sitting right here.
How .
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[B] .
[N] about that?
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[B] .
She's to blame for this whole evening .
[Bbm] Y'all [D] don't bother her now.
[A] [Eb] [Ab] [Eb] .
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[Eb] [Ab] .