Mama Tried chords by
Reba Mcentire
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Key: A major

Verse 1
G G 
 
C C 
 
First thing I remember knowin'
G G 
 
C C 
 
Was a lonesome whistle blowin'
G G 
 
And a young one's dream
D D 
 
of growin' up to ride
G G 
 
C C 
 
On a freight train leavin' town
G G 
 
C C 
 
Not knowin' where I'm bound
G G 
 
D D 
 
No one could steer me right
But Mama tried
G G 
 

Verse 2
C C 
 
One and only rebel child
G G 
 
C C 
 
From a family meek and mild
G G 
 
My mama seemed to know
D D 
 
what lay in store
G G 
 
C C 
 
In spite of all my Sunday learnin'
G G 
 
C C 
 
Toward the bad I kept on turnin'
G G 
 
D D 
 
Till mama couldn't hold me anymore
G G 
 

Verse 3
And I turned twenty- one in prison
C C 
 
G G 
 
Doin' life without parole
Em Em 
 
No one could steer me right
D D 
 
But Mama tried Mama tried
G G 
 
Mama tried to raise me better
C C 
 
G G 
 
But her pleading I denied
D D 
 
And that leaves only me to blame

Interlude 1

'Cause Mama tried

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

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