I'm The Only Hell (Mama Ever Raised) chords by David Allan Coe, Johnny Paycheck

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Intro 1

Verse 1
G 
 (G major) I can' tell my mama's
short on loving me
I guess that's why she let me go so far
C 
G 
C 
G 
C 
 (C major) Mama tried  (G major) to stop  (C major) me short  (G major) of steal (C major) ing
G 
I  (G major) guess that's why I had to steal that car

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Verse 2

She told me not to smoke it

But I did and it took me far away

And I turned out to be

The only hell my mama ever raised

Verse 3
Well, I rolled into Atlanta,
stolen tags and almost out of gas
C 
I  (C major) had to get some money,
lately I'd learned how to get it fast
G 
Those  (G major) neon lights was calling me
C 
and somehow I just had to get down (C major) town
D 
So I reached  (D major) into the glove box,
G 
another liquor store went  (G major) down

Verse 4
G 
 (G major) 
And I said 'Precious memories', take
C 
me back to the good ol'  (C major) days'
D 
Let me  (D major) hear my men and sing,
G 
'Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me'  (G major) 
She tried to turn me on to Jesus,
C 
but I turned on to the devil's  (C major) ways
D 
And  (D major) I turned out to be the only hell

Interlude 1

my mama ever raised

Verse 5
Ab 
Well, they  (A flat major) put them handcuffs on me,
Lord, how I fought to resist
Db 
But the  (D flat major) agents clamped 'em tighter,
'til that metal bit into my wrist
Ab 
They took my  (A flat major) belt and my billfold,
Db 
my fingerprints, and the profile of my face  (D flat major) 
Eb 
And  (E flat major) then they locked away the only hell
my mama ever ever raised
Ab 
 (A flat major) 

Verse 6
And I'd sing 'Precious memories', take
Db 
me back to the good ol'  (D flat major) days'
Eb 
Let me  (E flat major) hear mama singing,
Ab 
'Rock of Ages, Cleft for  (A flat major) Me'
She tried to turn me on to Jesus,
Db 
but I turned on to the devil's  (D flat major) ways
Eb 
And  (E flat major) I turned out to be the only hell
Ab 
A 
my mama ever raised  (A flat major)  (A major) 
She tried to turn me on to Jesus,
D 
but I turned on to the devil's  (D major) ways
E 
And  (E major) I turned out to be the only
hell my mama ever raised
A 
 (A major) 