Key: B major
Intro 1
E
Verse 1
E
I can' tell my mama's
short on loving me
I guess that's why she let me go so far
A
E
A
E
A
Mama tried to stop me short of stealing
E
I guess that's why I had to steal that car
Verse 2
E
She told me not to smoke it
A
But I did and it took me far away
B
And I turned out to be
The only hell my mama ever raised
E
Verse 3
Well, I rolled into Atlanta,
stolen tags and almost out of gas
A
I had to get some money,
lately I'd learned how to get it fast
E
Those neon lights was calling me
A
and somehow I just had to get downtown
B
So I reached into the glove box,
E
another liquor store went down
Verse 4
E
And I said 'Precious memories', take
A
me back to the good ol' days'
B
Let me hear my men and sing,
E
'Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me'
She tried to turn me on to Jesus,
A
but I turned on to the devil's ways
B
And I turned out to be the only hell
Interlude 1
my mama ever raised
E
F
Verse 5
F
Well, they put them handcuffs on me,
Lord, how I fought to resist
Bb
But the agents clamped 'em tighter,
'til that metal bit into my wrist
F
They took my belt and my billfold,
Bb
my fingerprints, and the profile of my face
C
And then they locked away the only hell
my mama ever ever raised
F
Verse 6
And I'd sing 'Precious memories', take
Bb
me back to the good ol' days'
C
Let me hear mama singing,
F
'Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me'
She tried to turn me on to Jesus,
Bb
but I turned on to the devil's ways
C
And I turned out to be the only hell
F
F#
my mama ever raised
She tried to turn me on to Jesus,
B
but I turned on to the devil's ways
C#
And I turned out to be the only
hell my mama ever raised
F#
How did you like the song?
TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE A B F Bb...
More songs by Johnny Paycheck
Discover chords for more songs to play
5.0
Popular chords globally
Most played chords & tabs across all users