Grateful Dead

Mama Tried(Chords)

Grateful Dead

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Intro: D A D 

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The first thing I remember knowin 
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Was that lonesome whistle blowin' 
      D 
And a youngin's dream 
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Of growin' up to ride 
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On a freight train leavin' town 
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Not knowin' where I was bound 
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No one could change my mind 
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But mama tried 

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Was the only rebel child 
       D               G 
From a family meek and mild 
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Mama seemed to know 
            A 
What lay in store 
            D 
In spite of all my 
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Sunday learnin' 
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For the bad I kept on turnin' 
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And mama couldn't hold me anymore 

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And I turned 21 in prison 
      G              D 
Doin' life without parole 
   Bm 
No one could steer me right 
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But mama tried, mama tried, mama tried 
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Mama tried to raise me better 
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But her pleadin' I denied 
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That leaves only me to blame 
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'Cause mama tried  

D A D 

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Dear old daddy rest his soul 
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Left my mom a heavy load 
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She tried so very hard 
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To fill his shoes 
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Workin' hours without rest 
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Wanted me to have the best 
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Oh, she tried to raise me right 
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But I refused 

             D 
And I turned 21 in prison 
      G              D 
Doin' life without parole 
   Bm 
No one could steer me right 
                     A           A7 
But mama tried, mama tried, mama tried 
     D 
Mama tried to raise me better 
        G            D 
But her pleadin' I denied 
                       A 
That leaves only me to blame 
            D 
'Cause mama tried  

break 

             D 
And I turned 21 in prison 
      G              D 
Doin' life without parole 
   Bm 
No one could steer me right 
                     A           A7 
But mama tried, mama tried, mama tried 
     D 
Mama tried to raise me better 
        G            D 
But her pleadin' I denied 
                       A 
That leaves only me to blame 
            D 
'Cause mama tried  

                       A 
That leaves only me to blame 
            D 
'Cause mama tried  


	        

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