Key: Bb major•
Intro 1
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F
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Verse 1
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Eb
The first thing I remember knowin'
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was a lonesome whistle blowin'
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Eb
On a freight train leavin' town not
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knowin' where I'm bound
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my mind but mama tried
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my family meek and mild
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Spite of all my Sunday learnin' toward
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the bad I kept on turnin'
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F
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Till mama couldn't hold me anymore
And I turned twenty one in prison
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doing life without parole
No one could steer me right but
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but her pleadings I denied
Interlude 1
mama tried
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F
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Verse 2
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Dear old daddy rest his soul left
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my mama heavy load
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F
She tried so very hard to fill his shoes
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Working hours without rest wanted
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me to have the best
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She tried to raise me right but I refused
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in prison...
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Outro 1
cause mama tried
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsBb F Eb
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