Mama Tried

INTRO: E

#1.
E                          A
The first thing I remember knowin' 
was a
E                A          
lonesome whistle blowin' and a 
   E
young'un's
                       B
dream of growing up to ride.
     E                     A      
On a freight train leavin' town 
  E
not knowin'
          A         E
where I'm bound and no one could 
change my
B             E
mind but Mama tried.

#2.
E                  A            
One and only rebel child from a 
E
family meek
    A        E
and mild, my Mama seemed to know 
what lay
   B
in store.
            E             A
In spite of all my Sunday learnin', 
towards
    E            A            E
the bad I kept a-turnin', til Mama 
couldn't
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B          E
hold me anymore.

CHORUS:
E                                 
And I turned twenty-one in prison 
      A
doing life
        E
without parole.
   Dbm                             
No one could steer me right but 
  B
Mama tried,

Mama tried.
     E                           
Mama tried to raise me better but 
     A
her pleading
  E
I denied.
                       B           
That leaves only me to blame, 
       E
'cause Mama tried.

#3.
E                        A       
Dear old Daddy, rest his soul, 
      E
left my Mom a
      A
heavy load.
    E                              
She tried so very hard to fill his 
B
shoes.
        E             A            
Working hours without rest, wanted 
E
me to have
    A
the best.
    E                 B            
She tried to raise me right, but I 
E
refused.


CHORUS:
E                                 
And I turned twenty-one in prison 
      A
doing life
        E
without parole.
   Dbm                             
No one could steer me right but 
  B
Mama tried,

Mama tried.
     E                           
Mama tried to raise me better but 
     A
her pleading
  E
I denied.
                       B           
That leaves only me to blame, 
       E
'cause Mama tried.