I'm The Only Hell (Mama Ever Raised) chords by
Johnny Paycheck

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Key: B major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1
B B 2
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I  can tell my mama's short on loving me
I guess that's why she let me go so far
E E 
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Mama tried to stop me short of stealing
B B 2
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I guess that's why I had to steal that car
She told me not to smoke it
E E 
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But I did and it took me far away
F# F# 2
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And I   turned out to be
B B 2
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The only hell my mama ever raised

Verse 2
B B 2
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Well, I rolled into Atlanta,
stolen tags and almost out of gas
E E 
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I had to get some money,
lately I'd learned how to get it fast
B B 2
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Those neon lights was calling me
E E 
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and somehow I just had to get downtown
F# F# 2
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So I reached into the glove box,
B B 2
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another liquor store went down

Chorus 1
B B 2
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And I said 'Precious memories',
E E 
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take me back to the good ol' days'
F# F# 2
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Let me hear my men and sing,
B B 2
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'Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me'
She tried to turn me on to Jesus,
E E 
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but I turned on to the devil's ways
F# F# 2
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And I   turned out to be
B B 2
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The only hell my mama ever raised

Verse 3
C C 
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When they put put them handcuffs on me,
Lord how I fought to resist
F F 
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But a  gent clamped clamped 'em tighter,
'til that metal bit into my wrist
C C 
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They took my belt and my billfold,
F F 
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my fingerprints, and the profile of my face
G G 
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And then they locked away
C C 
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the only hell my mama ever raised

Chorus 2
C C 
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And I'd say 'Precious memories',
F F 
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take me back to the good ol' days'
G G 
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Let me hear my men and sing,
C C 
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'Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me'
She tried to turn me on to Jesus,
F F 
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but I turned on to the devil's ways
G G 
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And I  turned out to be
C C 
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Db Db 4
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The only hell my mama ever raised