Mama Tried

Skull & Roses

(Haggard)

 Last Updated 03/22/96
Intro


D    A7    D

                D          G
The first thing I remember knowin'
      D                  G
Was a lonesome whistle a-blowin'
        D                 G             A7
And the youngins dream of growin' up to ride
     D                     G
On a freight train leavin' town,
    D                 G
Not knowin' where I's bound
D                     A7              D
No-one could steer me right, but Mama tried


When an only rebel child
From a family meek and mild
Mama seemed to know what lay in store
Despite all my Sunday learnin',
Toward the bad, I kept on turnin'
Til Mama couldn't hold me any more

             D
And I turned twenty-one in prison,
      C                    D
Doin' life without parole
   Bm                                 A
No-one could steer me right, but Mama tried, Mama tried
     D
Mama tried to raise me better,
        G             D
But her pleading I denied
                           A7                D
And that leaves only me to blame, cause Mama tried.


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

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Intro

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MP3 Tab Support Audio (16K)

MIDI Tab Support Audio (mamatryd.mid)

This is kind of a mongrol intro; you won't find it exactly like this anywhere. The first few notes are the ones that shape it.

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D--5^7--7-------------------------------7-------------------
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B---7--5p3---3--3-------------------------------------------
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