Key: B major
Intro 1
C
Verse 1
C
I can' tell my mama's
short on loving me
I guess that's why she let me go so far
F
C
F
C
F
Mama tried to stop me short of stealing
C
I guess that's why I had to steal that car
Verse 2
C
She told me not to smoke it
F
But I did and it took me far away
G
And I turned out to be
The only hell my mama ever raised
C
Verse 3
Well, I rolled into Atlanta,
stolen tags and almost out of gas
F
I had to get some money,
lately I'd learned how to get it fast
C
Those neon lights was calling me
F
and somehow I just had to get downtown
G
So I reached into the glove box,
C
another liquor store went down
Verse 4
C
And I said 'Precious memories', take
F
me back to the good ol' days'
G
Let me hear my men and sing,
C
'Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me'
She tried to turn me on to Jesus,
F
but I turned on to the devil's ways
G
And I turned out to be the only hell
Interlude 1
my mama ever raised
C
Db
Verse 5
Db
Well, they put them handcuffs on me,
Lord, how I fought to resist
Gb
But the agents clamped 'em tighter,
'til that metal bit into my wrist
Db
They took my belt and my billfold,
Gb
my fingerprints, and the profile of my face
Ab
And then they locked away the only hell
my mama ever ever raised
Db
Verse 6
And I'd sing 'Precious memories', take
Gb
me back to the good ol' days'
Ab
Let me hear mama singing,
Db
'Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me'
She tried to turn me on to Jesus,
Gb
but I turned on to the devil's ways
Ab
And I turned out to be the only hell
Db
D
my mama ever raised
She tried to turn me on to Jesus,
G
but I turned on to the devil's ways
A
And I turned out to be the only
hell my mama ever raised
D
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