I'm The Only Hell (Mama Ever Raised) chords by 
Johnny Paycheck (Official Version)
Key: B majorDifficulty: Intermediate
Intro 1
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D
D
D
Verse 1
D
I can tell my mama's short on loving me
D7
I guess that's why she let me go so far
G
Mama tried to stop me short of stealing
D
I guess that's why I had to steal that car
She told me not to smoke it
D7
G
But I did and it took me far away
A7
And I turned out to be
D
The only hell my mama ever raised
Verse 2
D
Well, I rolled into Atlanta,
D7
stolen tags and almost out of gas
G
I had to get some money,
lately I'd learned how to get it fast
D
Those neon lights was calling me
D7
G
and somehow I just had to get downtown
A7
So I reached into the glove box,
D
another liquor store went down
Chorus 1
D
And I said 'Precious memories',
D7
G
take me back to the good ol' days'
A7
Let me hear my men and sing,
D
'Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me'
She tried to turn me on to Jesus,
D7
G
but I turned on to the devil's ways
A7
And I turned out to be
D
The only hell my mama ever raised
Verse 3
Eb
When they put put them handcuffs on me,
Eb7
Lord how I fought to resist
Ab
But a gent clamped clamped 'em tighter,
'til that metal bit into my wrist
Eb
They took my belt and my billfold,
Eb7
Ab
my fingerprints, and the profile of my face
Bb7
And then they locked away
Eb
the only hell my mama ever raised
Chorus 2
Eb
And I'd say 'Precious memories',
Eb7
Ab
take me back to the good ol' days'
Bb7
Let me hear my men and sing,
Eb
'Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me'
She tried to turn me on to Jesus,
Eb7
Ab
but I turned on to the devil's ways
Bb7
And I turned out to be
Eb
E
The only hell my mama ever raised
Chorus 3
E
She tried to turn me on to Jesus,
E7
A
but I turned on to the devil's ways
B7
And I turned out to be
E
The only hell my mama ever raised
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