Capo 3
Intro:
[Asus4] [Am] [G] [Em] [Esus2]
[Am] [Asus4] [Am] [G] [Em] [Esus4]
(1st VERSE: riff-1)
[Am] Mama, she has [Asus4] taught me [Am] well
[G] Told me when I was [Em] [Esus2] youn [D]
[Am] Son, your life's an [Asus4] open [Am] book
Don't [G] close it 'fore it's [Em] [Esus4] done
The [Am] brightest flame burns [Asus4] [Am] quickest
Is [G] what I heard her [Em] [Esus2] say
A [Am] son's heart [Asus4] sewed to [Am] mother
But [G] I must find my [Am] way
(CHORUS: riff-2)
[Am] Let [G] my [Em] heart [D] go
[Am] Let [G] your [Em] son [D] grow
Mama, [Am] let [G] my [Em] heart [D] go
Or [Am] let [G] this [F] heart [D] be [Em] [Esus2] still
(2nd VERSE: riff-1)
[Am] Rebel my new [Asus4] last [Am] name
[G] Wild blood in my [Em] [Esus2] veins
[Am] Apron strings [Asus4] around my [A] neck
The [G] mark that still [Em] [Esus4] remains
[Am] Left home at an [Asus4] early [Am] age
Of [G] what I heard was [Em] [Esus4] wrong
I [Am] never asked [Asus4] forgive [A] ness
But [G] what is said is [Em] done
(CHORUS: riff-2)
(last line ends on [Esus4] instead of [Esus2] )
[Am] Let [G] my [Em] heart [D] go
[Am] Let [G] your [Em] son [D] grow
Mama, [Am] let [G] my [Em] heart [D] go
Or [Am] let [G] this [F] heart [D] be [Em] [Esus4] still
(BRIDGE: riff-3)
[Am] Never I [D] ask of you
But [G] never I [C] gave
But you [Am] gave me your [D] emptiness
I now [G] take to my [C] grave
[Am] Never I [D] ask of you
But [G] never I [C] gave
But you [Am] gave me your [D] emptiness
I now [G] take to my [C] grave
So [Am] let [G] this [F] heart [D] be [Em] [Esus2] still
(3rd VERSE: riff-1)
[Am] Mama, now I'm [Asus4] coming [Am] home
I'm not [G] all you wished of [Em] [Esus2] me
A [Am] mother's love for [Asus4] her [Am] son
[G] Spoken, help me [Em] [Esus2] be
Well, I [Am] took your love for [Asus4] [Am] granted
And all the [G] things you said to [Em] [Esus4] me
I [Am] need your arms to [Asus4] welcome [Am] me
But, a [G] cold stone's all I [Em] see
(CHORUS: riff-1)
(last line ends on [Esus4] instead of [Esus2] ):
[Am] Let [G] my [Em] heart [D] go
[Am] Let [G] your [Em] son [D] grow
Mama, [Am] let [G] my [Em] heart [D] go
Or [Am] let [G] this [F] heart [D] be [Em] [Esus4] still
(CHORUS: riff-1)
[Am] Let [G] my [Em] heart [D] go
[Am] Let [G] your [Em] son [D] grow
Mama, [Am] let [G] my [Em] heart [D] go
Or [Am] let [G] this [F] heart [D] be [Em] still
(ENDING: riff-3)
(last line fades out on [Em] ):
[Am] Never I [D] ask of you
But [G] never I [C] gave
But you [Am] gave me your [D] emptiness
I now [G] take to my [C] grave
[Am] Never I [D] ask of you
But [G] never I [C] gave
But you [Am] gave me your [D] emptiness
I now [G] take to my [C] grave
So [Am] let [G] this [F] heart [D] be [Em] still
