Mama Tried - Haggard Merle, guitar chords

Published: 2014-03-01 21:04
Selection chords: Tsumugi Nakata

            D          G             D                G
First thing I remember knowinʼ was a lonesome whistle blowinʼ
      D                   G             A7
And a young-onʼs dream of growing up to ride
     D                     G         D                 G
On a freight train leaving town, not knowing where Iʼm bound
       D                   A7             D
And no one could change my mind, but Mama tried

One and only rebel child, from a family meek and mild
Mama seemed to know what lay in store
ʼSpite of all my Sunday learninʼ, toward the bad I kept on turninʼ
ʼTil Mama couldnʼt hold me anymore

Chorus:
D                                       G              D
And I turned twenty-one in prison doing life without parole
   G                  D                           A7
No one could steer me right, but Mama tried, Mama tried
     D                                 G             D
Mama tried to raise me better, but her pleading I denied,
                       A7                 D
that leaves only me to blame, ʼcause Mama tried

Dear old Daddy rest his soul, he left my mom a heavy load
She tried so very hard to fill his shoes
Working hours without rest, she wanted me to have the best
She tried to raise me right, but I refused

Chorus.