Mama Tried chords by
Reba Mcentire

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Verse 1
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D D 
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First thing I remember knowin'
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D D 
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Was a lonesome whistle blowin'
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And a young one's dream
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of growin' up to ride
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D D 
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On a freight train leavin' town
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D D 
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Not knowin' where I'm bound
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E E 
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No one could steer me right
But Mama tried
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Verse 2
D D 
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One and only rebel child
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D D 
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From a family meek and mild
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My mama seemed to know
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what lay in store
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D D 
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In spite of all my Sunday learnin'
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D D 
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Toward the bad I kept on turnin'
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E E 
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Till mama couldn't hold me anymore
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Verse 3
And I turned twenty- one in prison
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Doin' life without parole
F#m F#m 2
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No one   could steer me right
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But Mama tried Mama tried
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Mama tried to raise me better
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But her pleading I denied
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And that leaves only me to blame

Interlude 1

'Cause Mama tried

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Verse 4
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D D 
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D D 
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G G 
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An d  then there was
Bbaug Bbaug 
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another man from Texas.
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Dm Dm 
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My mama and daddy used to drive for
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Dm Dm 
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G G 
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miles and miles just to listen to him sing.
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I remember Mama used to tell me.
She'd say "Reba he's got the best
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Baug Baug 
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voice I've ever heard"
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and then later on when I got
to go and listen to him sing,
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I'd sit there all night long and wait for
Ray Price to sing the blues.