🎶 Mama Said

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