Letter To My Mother

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                    "Letter To My Mother" by Edwin McCain
                        From the album "Far From Over"
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Tabbed by: Aaron Field


**Open D Tuning**


Chords used:

     D    C#m6   C     G   Bm7  F#m7  Em7   A    Dº  Em7/11  F#m7/11  G/Bb
E|--0-----0-----0-----0----0----0-----0----0----0-----0--------0------0--| 
B|--0-----0-----0-----0----0----0-----0----0----0-----0--------0------0--| 
G|--12----10----10----5----8----3-----1----7----0-----1--------3------1--| 
D|--0-----0-----0-----0----0----0-----0----0----0-----2--------4------0--| 
A|--0-----0-----0-----0----9----4-----0----0----0-----2--------4------1--| 
E|--12----11----10----5----9----4-----2----7----0----(2)------(4)-----0--| 


*Note: These may not be the actual chord names but they're pretty close.  The Em7/11 and
F#m7/11 chords can be played with or without the note in ().  I think they sound better
with them but I believe Edwin plays without.


Intro Riff:

     D                          C#m6                        C                           G
E|--0---0----0--0--0--0---0----0---0----0--0--0--0---0-----0---0----0--0--0--0---0-----0---| 
B|--0---0----0--0--0--0---0----0---0----0--0--0--0---0-----0---0----0--0--0--0---0-----0---| 
G|--12--12---12-12h13-12--12---10--10---10-10h12-10--10----10--10---10-10h12-10--10----5---| 
D|--0---0----0--0--0--0---0----0---0----0--0--0--0---0-----0---0----0--0--0--0---0-----0---| 
A|--0---0----0--0--0--0---0----0---0----0--0--0--0---0-----0---0----0--0--0--0---0-----0---| 
E|--12--12---12-12-12-12--12---11--11---11-11-11-11--11----10--10---10-10-10-10--10----5---| 



Intro:  (Play Intro Riff) x2


Verse 1:

D              C#m6
Mama, how do I write the words to you
             C            G
You were the only one who loved me true
              D             C#m6
But there's a woman that we don't even know
            C              G
She gave me life, then you gave me a home


Chorus 1:

            Bm7
I love you, Mama
              F#m7
But I want to tell her too
            Em7        G     A     (Repeat Intro Riff)
Is that her little boy still loves you


Verse 2:

           D              C#m6
I close my eyes, does she look like me
         C                    G
Does she need my help, is she cold on the street
           D             C#m6
Or am I forgotten like a bad childhood dream
  C                    G
A B-movie actor on the black and white screen


Chorus 2:

            Bm7
I love you, Mama
              F#m7
But I want to tell her too
            Em7        G     A     D
Is that her little boy still loves you
            Em7        G     A     Dº
Is that her little boy still loves you


Bridge:

Em7/11                  F#m7/11
 Could I have seen her, I'll never know
            Em7/11            F#m7/11
Maybe she's always been there watching me grow
            Em7/11       F#m7/11
I wanted to tell her how grateful I am
              G                   G/Bb
For giving me life, I've done the best that I can


Solo:

(Repeat Intro Riff) then

D     C#m6
Ohhhh ohhhhh

C     G
Ohhhh yeah


Chorus 3:

            Bm7
I love you, Mama
              F#m7
But I want to tell her too
            Em7        G     A     D
Is that her little boy still loves you
    Em7        G     A     Dº
Her little boy still loves you