🎶 Mama Said

Capo 3
Intro:
[Asus4] [Bb] [Db] [D#] [Esus2]
[Bb] [Asus4] [Bb] [Db] [D#] [Esus4]



(1st VERSE: riff-1)
[Bb]Mama, she has [Asus4]taught me [Bb]well
[Db]Told me when I was [D#] [Esus2]youn [Cb]
[Bb]Son, your life's an [Asus4]open [Bb]book
Don't [Db]close it 'fore it's [D#] [Esus4]done
The [Bb]brightest flame burns [Asus4] [Bb]quickest
Is [Db]what I heard her [D#] [Esus2]say
A [Bb]son's heart [Asus4]sewed to [Bb]mother
But [Db]I must find my [Bb]way

(CHORUS: riff-2)
[Bb]Let [Db]my [D#]heart [Cb]go
[Bb]Let [Db]your [D#]son [Cb]grow
Mama, [Bb]let [Db]my [D#]heart [Cb]go
Or [Bb]let [Db]this [Em]heart [Cb]be [D#] [Esus2]still

(2nd VERSE: riff-1)
[Bb]Rebel my new [Asus4]last [Bb]name
[Db]Wild blood in my [D#] [Esus2]veins
[Bb]Apron strings [Asus4]around my [Bbm]neck
The [Db]mark that still [D#] [Esus4]remains
[Bb]Left home at an [Asus4]early [Bb]age
Of [Db]what I heard was [D#] [Esus4]wrong
I [Bb]never asked [Asus4]forgive [Bbm]ness
But [Db]what is said is [D#]done

(CHORUS: riff-2)
(last line ends on [Esus4]instead of [Esus2])
[Bb]Let [Db]my [D#]heart [Cb]go
[Bb]Let [Db]your [D#]son [Cb]grow
Mama, [Bb]let [Db]my [D#]heart [Cb]go
Or [Bb]let [Db]this [Em]heart [Cb]be [D#] [Esus4]still

(BRIDGE: riff-3)
[Bb]Never I [Cb]ask of you
But [Db]never I [A#]gave
But you [Bb]gave me your [Cb]emptiness
I now [Db]take to my [A#]grave
[Bb]Never I [Cb]ask of you
But [Db]never I [A#]gave
But you [Bb]gave me your [Cb]emptiness
I now [Db]take to my [A#]grave
So [Bb]let [Db]this [Em]heart [Cb]be [D#] [Esus2]still

(3rd VERSE: riff-1)
[Bb]Mama, now I'm [Asus4]coming [Bb]home
I'm not [Db]all you wished of [D#] [Esus2]me
A [Bb]mother's love for [Asus4]her [Bb]son
[Db]Spoken, help me [D#] [Esus2]be
Well, I [Bb]took your love for [Asus4] [Bb]granted
And all the [Db]things you said to [D#] [Esus4]me
I [Bb]need your arms to [Asus4]welcome [Bb]me
But, a [Db]cold stone's all I [D#]see

(CHORUS: riff-1)
(last line ends on [Esus4]instead of [Esus2]):
[Bb]Let [Db]my [D#]heart [Cb]go
[Bb]Let [Db]your [D#]son [Cb]grow
Mama, [Bb]let [Db]my [D#]heart [Cb]go
Or [Bb]let [Db]this [Em]heart [Cb]be [D#] [Esus4]still

(CHORUS: riff-1)
[Bb]Let [Db]my [D#]heart [Cb]go
[Bb]Let [Db]your [D#]son [Cb]grow
Mama, [Bb]let [Db]my [D#]heart [Cb]go
Or [Bb]let [Db]this [Em]heart [Cb]be [D#]still

(ENDING: riff-3)
(last line fades out on [D#]):
[Bb]Never I [Cb]ask of you
But [Db]never I [A#]gave
But you [Bb]gave me your [Cb]emptiness
I now [Db]take to my [A#]grave
[Bb]Never I [Cb]ask of you
But [Db]never I [A#]gave
But you [Bb]gave me your [Cb]emptiness
I now [Db]take to my [A#]grave
So [Bb]let [Db]this [Em]heart [Cb]be [D#]still⠀