Mama Tried

Mama Tried easy guitar chords by Merle Haggard

1968Country
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

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Fret 2

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  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    The 
    first 
    thing 
    remember 
    knowin' 

    Was 
    lonesome 
    whistle 
    blowin' 

    And 
    young 
    un's 
    dream 
    of 
    growin' 
    up 
    to 
    ride 

    On 
    freight 
    train 
    leavin' 
    town 

    Not 
    knowin' 
    where 
    I'm 
    bound 

    And 
    no 
    one 
    could 
    change 
    my 
    mind 

    but 
    Mama 
    tried 

    Verse 2
    One 
    and 
    only 
    rebel 
    child 

    From 
    family, 
    meek 
    and 
    mild 

    My 
    Mama 
    seemed 
    to 
    know 
    what 
    lay 
    in 
    store 

    Despite 
    all 
    my 
    Sunday 
    learnin' 

    Towards 
    the 
    bad, 
    kept 
    on 
    turnin' 

    'Til 
    Mama 
    couldn't 
    hold 
    me 
    any
    more 

    Chorus 1
    And 
    turned 
    twenty-one 
    in 
    prison 

    doin' 
    life 
    without 
    parole 

    No 
    one 
    could 
    steer 
    me 
    right 

    but 
    Mama 
    tried, 
    Mama 
    tried 

    Mama 
    tried 
    to 
    raise 
    me 
    better, 

    but 
    her 
    pleading, 
    denied 

    That 
    leaves 
    only 
    me 
    to 
    blame 

    'cause 
    Mama 
    tried 

    Interlude 1


    Verse 3
    Dear 
    old 
    Daddy, 
    rest 
    his 
    soul 

    Left 
    my 
    Mom 
    heavy 
    load 

    She 
    tried 
    so 
    very 
    hard 
    to 
    fill 
    his 
    shoes 

    Workin' 
    hours 
    without 
    rest 

    Wanted 
    me 
    to 
    have 
    the 
    best 

    She 
    tried 
    to 
    raise 
    me 
    right 
    but 
    re
    fused 

    Chorus 2
    And 
    turned 
    twenty-one 
    in 
    prison 

    doin' 
    life 
    without 
    parole 

    No 
    one 
    could 
    steer 
    me 
    right 

    but 
    Mama 
    tried, 
    Mama 
    tried 

    Mama 
    tried 
    to 
    raise 
    me 
    better, 

    but 
    her 
    pleading, 
    denied 

    That 
    leaves 
    only 
    me 
    to 
    blame 
    'cause 
    Mama 

    Outro 1
    (tried) 

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