Mama Said

[Dsus4] [Dm] [C] [Am] [Asus2]

[Dm] [Dsus4] [Dm] [C] [Am] [Asus4]

 

[Dm]Mama, she has [Dsus4]taught me [Dm]well

[C]Told me when I was [Am] [Asus2]young

[Dm]Son, your life's an [Dsus4]open [Dm]book

Don't [C]close it 'fore it's [Am] [Asus4]done

The [Dm]brightest flame burns [Dsus4] [Dm]quickest

Is [C]what I heard her [Am] [Asus2]say

A [Dm]son's heart [Dsus4]sewed to [Dm]mother

But [C]I must find my Amway

 

[Dm]Let [C]my [Am]heart [G]go

[Dm]Let [C]your [Am]son [G]grow

Mama, [Dm]let [C]my [Am]heart [G]go

Or [Dm]let [C]this [Bb]heart [G]be [Am] [Asus2]still

 

[Dm]Rebel my new [Dsus4]last [Dm]name

[C]Wild blood in my [Am] [Asus2]veins

[Dm]Apron strings [Dsus4]around my [Dm]neck

The [C]mark that still [Am] [Asus4]remains

[Dm]Left home at an [Dsus4]early [Dm]age

Of [C]what I heard was [Am] [Asus4]wrong

I [Dm]never asked [Dsus4]forgive[D]ness

But [C]what is said is [Am]done

 

(last line ends on [Asus4] instead of [Asus2])

[Dm]Let [C]my [Am]heart [G]go

[Dm]Let [C]your [Am]son [G]grow

Mama, [Dm]let [C]my [Am]heart [G]go

Or [Dm]let [C]this [Bb]heart [G]be [Am] [Asus4]still

 

[Dm]Never I [G]ask of you

But [C]never I [F]gave

But you [Dm]gave me your [G]emptiness

I now [C]take to my [F]grave

[Dm]Never I [G]ask of you

But [C]never I [F]gave

But you [Dm]gave me your [G]emptiness

I now [C]take to my [F]grave

So [Dm]let [C]this [Bb]heart [G]be [Am] [Asus2]still

 

[Dm]Mama, now I'm [Dsus4]coming [Dm]home

I'm not [C]all you wished of [Am] [Asus2]me

A [Dm]mother's love for [Dsus4]her [Dm]son

[C]Spoken, help me [Am] [Asus2]be

Well, I [Dm]took your love for [Dsus4]

[Dm]granted

And all the [C]things you said to [Am] [Asus4]me

I [Dm]need your arms to [Dsus4]welcome [Dm]me

But, a [C]cold stone's all I [Am]see

 

(last line ends on [Asus4] instead of [Asus2]):

[Dm]Let [C]my [Am]heart [G]go

[Dm]Let [C]your [Am]son [G]grow

Mama, [Dm]let [C]my [Am]heart [G]go

Or [Dm]let [C]this [Bb]heart [G]be [Am] [Asus4]still

 

[Dm]Let [C]my [Am]heart [G]go

[Dm]Let [C]your [Am]son [G]grow

Mama, [Dm]let [C]my [Am]heart [G]go

Or [Dm]let [C]this [Bb]heart [G]be [Am]still

 

(last line fades out on [Am]):

[Dm]Never I [G]ask of you

But [C]never I [F]gave

But you [Dm]gave me your [G]emptiness

I now [C]take to my [F]grave

[Dm]Never I [G]ask of you

But [C]never I [F]gave

But you [Dm]gave me your [G]emptiness

I now [C]take to my [F]grave

So [Dm]let [C]this [Bb]heart [G]be [Am]still