Mama Couldn't Be Persuaded chords by 
Warren Zevon 
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Key: A major•
Verse 1
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Gambler ambled down a country lane
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Looking for a game of chance
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She was twenty- one or two
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And she knew what she wanted
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And she wanted that gamblin' man
Verse 2
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Her parents warned her
Tried to reason with her
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A
She was determined that
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she wanted Bill
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They'd all be offended at the mention still
If they heard this song,
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which I doubt they will
Verse 3
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And my Mama couldn't be persuaded
When they pleaded with her
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"Daughter don't marry that
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A
gamblin' man."
Mama couldn't be persuaded
When they pleaded with her
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A
"Daughter don't marry that
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A
gamblin' man."
Mama couldn't be persuaded
When they pleaded with her
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No, no, nevertheless
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I said my Mama couldn't
be persuaded
When they pleaded with her
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A
"Daughter, don't marry that
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A
gamblin' man."
Interlude 1
Verse 4
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Gambler tried to be a family man
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Though it didn't suit his style
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He thought he had him a
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win ning combination
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So he took us where the stakes
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were high
Her parents warned her
Tried to reason with her
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A
E
Never kep t their disap pointment hid
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They all went to pieces
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when the bad luck hit
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Stuck in the middle, I was the kid
Verse 5
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A
And my Mama couldn't be persuaded
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When they pleaded with her
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"Daughter don't marry that
E
A
gamblin' man."
Mama couldn't be persuaded
When they pleaded with her
D
A
"Daughter don't marry that
E
A
gamblin' man."
Mama couldn't be persuaded
When they pleaded with her
D
No, no, nevertheless
M- m- m- m- m- mama
couldn't be persuaded
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E
When my Grannie pleaded with her
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Not to marry that gamblin' man.
Verse 6
I said my mama couldn't be persuaded
When they pleaded with her
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A
"Daughter don't marry that
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gamblin' man."
A
Mama couldn't be persuaded
When they pleaded with
her
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E
"Daughter don't marry
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that gamblin' man."
Mama
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M- m- m- Mama couldn't be persuaded
when they pleaded with her
"Daughter don't marry
E
that gamblin' man."
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