I'm the Only Hell (Mama Ever Raised) chords by Mack Vickery

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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I can't  (G major) sell my
mama's short on lovin' me
I guess that's why she
let me go too far
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G 
Mama  (C major) tried  (C sharp major) to stop me short  (G major) of stealing
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 (C major) But  (C sharp major)  (C major)  (G major) I  was young and wild
and had to steal that car
Mama begged me not to smoke it
But I just laughed at her
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old -fashioned ways  (C major) 
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And I turned  (D major) out to be the only hell
G 
That my mama ever  (G major) raised
It was rainin' when I rode into Atlanta
With stolen plates and almost out of gas
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Badly  (C major) broke,
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 (C sharp major)  (C major) I  needed me  (C sharp major) some  (C major) money
G 
And lately  (G major) I've learned
ways to get it fast
Cause it takes a lot of money
C 
To keep those neon angels hangin'  (C major) round
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D 
 (C sharp major) I  (C major) reached  (D major) into the glove box,
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G 
 (E flat major) another  (B major) liquor store  (G major) went down.
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 (B major)  (G major)  (C major)  (G major)  (A flat major)  (G major) 
Precious memories take me back
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to those good old days.  (C major)  (C sharp major) 
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Let  (C major) me hear  (G major) my  (D major) mama singing,
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a rock of ages cleft for  (G major) me.
She tried to turn me on to Jesus,
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but I turned on to the devil's  (C major) ways
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And I  (D major) turned out to be the only hell
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that my mama ever raised  (G major)  (A flat major)  (G major) 
I cussed and fought
as they put my hands behind me
It was useless, but I tried hard to resist
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But they  (C major) just grinned  (C sharp major) 
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 (C major) and squeezed  (C sharp major) those handcuffs  (C major) tighter
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And I felt  (G major) that metal bite into my wrist
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They took my belt and  (A flat major) my  billfold
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My  (G major) fingerprints and a profile of my face  (C sharp major) 
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And then  (D major) they locked away the only hell
G 
That my momma ever  (G major) raised