Mama, You Been On My Mind chords by Jeff Buckley (Official Version)
Intro 1
C
F
F#dim7
C/G
C
C
F
F#dim7
C/G
Abdim7
Am
D7
G
G7
Verse 1
C
E7
Perhaps it is the color of the sun cut flat
Am
D/F#
And covering the crossroads I'm standing at
C
G/B
Or maybe it's the weather
Am
G
F
or something like that
C/G
G7
C
C
But mama, you've been on my mind
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Verse 2
C
I mean no trouble,
please don't put me down, don't get upset
E7
Am
I am not pleading,
D/F#
or saying I can't forget you
C
G/B
I do not pace the floor,
Am
G
Fmaj7
bowed down and bent, but yet
C/G
G7
C
C
Well, mama you've been on my mind
Verse 3
C
Even though my eyes are hazy
and my thoughts they might be narrow
E7
Am
Where you've been don't bother me,
D/F#
or bring me down in sorrow
C
I don't even mind
G/B
Am
F
who you'll be waking with tomorrow
F#dim7
C/G
G7
C
C
But mama, you're just on my mind
Verse 4
C
I am not askin' you to say words like yes or no
E7
Am
Please understand me
D/F#
I have no place, I'm calling you to go
C
G/B
I'm just whispering to myself,
Am
F
so I can pretend that I don't know
C/G
G7
C
Mama, you're just on my mind
Interlude 1
C
C
E7
Am
D/F#
C
G/B
Am
F
F#dim7
C/G
G7
C
Well, mama you're just on my mind
G
G7
Verse 5
C
When you wake up in the morning,
baby look inside your mirror
E7
You know I won't be next you,
Am
Am/G
D/F#
you know I won't be near
C
G/B
I'd just be curious to know
Am
F
if you can see yourself as clear
F#dim7
C/G
G7
As someone who has had you
C
on his mind
G
C
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