| F | F7 | F7 | C |
| C | A7 | D7 G7 | C |
| C | G7 | C7 | G7 |
(Brassband)
[Verse 1]
C C7
For weary weeks I waited and hoping for the best
F C G7 C
But blues will make me ramble and the rails are leading west
C7 F F7 C
I'm feeling awful lonesome, pleasure I can't find
C7 A7 D7 G7 C7
I'm leaving you Mean Mama, just to worry you off o' my mind
[Break]
| C F | F | F | C |
| C | G7 | G7 | C |
| C | C |
(yodel)
[Verse 2]
C7
That old gang kindly whispers, just fall in line and smile
F7 C
Mean Mama haunts me and I crave the peace of miles
F F7 C7
I don't know where I'm going, I'm feeling kinda quare
C C7 A7 D7 G7 C7
I've been from several places and I'm going to be from here
[Break]
| C7 G7 | C | C | C7 |
| C7 | F7 | F7 | F C |
| C | F7 | F7 | F7 |
| C7 | C | A7 | D7 G7 | C7 G7 |
(brassband)
[Verse 3]
C C7
Seems there's something missing, there's feelings in my breast
F C C7
I crave to cover distance, so Mean Mama give me wrest
F F7 C7
I hear the rails a-singing, the sky is clear and blue
C C7 A7 D7 G7 C7
I'm going to leave you mama, when the train comes rolling through
[Break]
| F7 | F7 | F7 | C7 |
| C | A7 | D7 G7 | C7 |
(honky tonk piano)
[Verse 4]
C C7
No money in my pocket, I'm roving around so flat
F7 F C
And soon I'll be strolling, down that railroad track
C7 F F7 C
And when I'm miles away, riding all the while
A7 D7 G7 C
I'll think of you Mean Mama, I think of you and smile
[Outro]
| G7 | G7 | C7 | C |
(yodel)
