Mama Tried chords
Grateful Dead  1971 Skulls and Roses (Merle Haggard)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mama_Tried_(song)

[Intro]

  

[Verse 1|

             
The first thin

             
g I remember k

nowin
             
Was that lones

            
ome whistle bl

owin'
      
And a youngin'

s dream
             
Of growin' up 

   
to ride
             
On a freight t

             
rain leavin' t

own
             
Not knowin' wh

          
ere I was boun

d
             
No one could c

         
hange my mind
             
But mama tried

  

[Verse 2]

             
One and only r

     
ebel child
             
From a family 

         
meek and mild
             
Mama seemed to

 
 know
            
What lay in st

ore
            
In spite of al

l my
       
Sunday learnin

'
             
For the bad I 

        
kept on turnin

'
             
And mama could

             
n't hold me an

      
ymore

[Chorus]

             
And I turned 2

1 in prison
             
Doin' life wit

       
hout parole
   
No one could s

teer me right
             
But mama tried

       
, mama tried
     
Mama tried to 

raise me bette

r
             
But her pleadi

        
ngs I denied
              
That leaves on

         
ly me to blame
            
'Cause mama tr

ied

[Interlude]

  

[Verse 3]

             
Dear old daddy

          
 rest his soul
             
Left my mom a 

      
heavy load
             
She tried so v

    
ery hard
            
To fill his sh

oes
             
Workin' hours 

        
without rest
             
Wanted me to h

        
ave the best
             
Oh, she tried 

            
to raise me ri

ght
             
But I refused

 

[Chorus]

             
And I turned 2

1 in prison
             
Doin' life wit

       
hout parole
   
No one could s

teer me right
             
But mama tried

       
, mama tried
     
Mama tried to 

raise me bette

r
             
But her pleadi

       
n' I denied
              
That leaves on

         
ly me to blame
             
'Cause mama tr

     
ied

[Solo]

 
 
  
 
 
    

[Chorus]

             
And I turned 2

1 in prison
             
Doin' life wit

       
hout parole
   
No one could s

teer me right
             
But mama tried

       
, mama tried
     
Mama tried to 

raise me bette

r
             
But her pleadi

       
n' I denied
              
That leaves on

         
ly me to blame
             
'Cause mama tr

     
ied

[Outro]

              
That leaves on

         
ly me to blame
            
'Cause mama tr

ied

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