Key: D major•
Verse 1
Em
D
Em
G
Em
Well, I was
Em
D
Of a dirty airport town
Em
D
What was I doing on the road to ruin?
Em
F#m
Well, my mama laid me down,
D
Verse 2
Em
D
Around my hand was a plastic band
Em
D
With a picture of my face
Em
D
I was crying, left to die
Em
F#m
In this godforsaken place,
Em
D
A
Em
B
this godforsaken place
Verse 3
Ebm
C#m
Only mama knows what she laid me down
Em
B
In this god forsaken town
Interlude 1
Only mama knows, only mama knows
Em
Verse 4
On the road, no ETA
I'm passing through, no fixed abode
D
Em
And that is why I need
D
Em
to try to hold on
I've got to hold on,
Interlude 2
to hold on
Em
D
Em
D
G
Em
Verse 5
Em
D
Or did she leave in disgrace?
Em
D
Well, I never, will I ever
Em
F#m
See my father's face,
Em
D
A
Em
B
see my father's face?
Verse 6
Ebm
C#m
Only mama knows what she laid me down
Em
F#m
G
Em
In this godfor saken town
Ebm
C#m
what she ran from
Verse 7
Only mama knows, only mama knows
B
Interlude 3
Only mama knows, only mama knows
Em
Verse 8
Outro 1
You gotta hold on
Em
D
Em
G
Em
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TunerE A D G B E
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