Mama Tried chords by Reba McEntire
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Verse 1
(G major) First thing I remember know (C major) in'
Was a lone (G major) some whistle blow (C major) in'
And a young (G major) one's dream
of growin' up to ride (D major)
On a freight (G major) train leavin' town (C major)
Not knowin' (G major) where I'm bound (C major)
No one (G major) could steer me right (D major)
But Mama tried
(G major)
Verse 2
One and only rebel child (C major)
From a fam (G major) ily meek and mild (C major)
My mama (G major) seemed to know
what lay in store (D major)
In spite of all (G major) my Sunday learn (C major) in'
Toward the bad (G major) I kept on turn (C major) in'
Till mama (G major) couldn't hold (D major) me anymore
(G major)
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Verse 3
And I turned twenty- one in prison
Doin' life (C major) without parole (G major)
No one (E minor) could steer me right
But Mama tried (D major) Mama tried
Mama tried (G major) to raise me better
But her pleading (C major) I denied (G major)
And that leaves only me to blame (D major)
Interlude 1
'Cause Mama tried
(G major)
Verse 4
An (C major) (B flat major) (C major) d (B flat major) (C major) (F major) then there was
another man from Texas. (A flataug)
My mama and daddy used (C major) to drive (C minor) for
miles and miles (E flat major) just (C minor) to listen (F major) to him sing.
I remember Mama used to (B flat major) tell me.
She'd say "Reba he's got the best
voice I've (F major) ever heard" (Aaug)
and then later on when (F major) I got
to go and listen to him sing,
I'd sit there all night (B flat major) long and wait for
Ray Price to sing the blues.
Mama Tried
Reba McEntire
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