Mama, You Been On My Mind chords by Bob Dylan
Verse 1
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Perhaps it's the color of the sun cut flat
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And covering the crossroads I'm standing at
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Or maybe it's the weather
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E
or something like that
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E
B
But mama, you been on my mind
Verse 2
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I don't mean trouble
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please don't put me down or get upset
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I am not pleading,
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or saying I can't forget you
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G#
I do not pace the floor,
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A
bowed down and bent, but yet
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E
Mama, you been on my mind
Verse 3
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Even though my eyes are hazy
And my thoughts they might be narrow
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C#m
Where you been don't bother me
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Or bring me down with sorrow
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I don't even mind
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A
who you'll be waking with tomorrow
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Mama, you're just on my mind
Verse 4
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I'm not asking you to say
words like yes or no
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C#m
Please, understand me,
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I have no place I'm calling you to go
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I'm just whispering to myself
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A
so I can't pretend that I don't know
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Mama, you're on my mind
Solo 1
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Verse 5
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When you wake up in the morning, baby,
look inside your mirror
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You know I won't be next to you,
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you know I won't be near
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I'd just be curious to know
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if you can see yourself as clear
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As someone who has had you
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on his mind
Mama, You Been On My Mind
Bob Dylan
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