Mama

F  Gm  Dm

[Verse 1]
F            Gm             Dm
Mama, I know you cannot let go
F                     Gm
The weight that I have placed upon 
your scales
   Dm
Is more than they were meant to hold
F            Gm                  
But steady is the hand that leads
    Dm
 me home
F                      Gm
I’ve never known its plan, but I’m 
still grasping
   Dm
To the other end of its rope
F  Gm Dm
Like you [x2]

[Verse 2]
F                 Gm             
Lately you just speak in words 
     Dm
that broke
F                 Gm
Eventually the shards will break 
apart
            Dm
Until they start in to make you 
choke
F               Gm               Dm
All of us were once baptized in hope
F                      Gm
Holy water that you gathered from 
the father
Dm
Until it started coming out of your 
throat

[Pre Chorus]
Bb        F
And you felt it like a bad dream
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Bb        F
But I watched it like a movie screen
Bb        F                  
Different eyes can see the same 
              C
thing and not realize what it means

[Chorus]
F          Bb
Oh, Lord, where did I go wrong?
Gm
A cut cord?
C
A kettle left too long?
F              Bb                
But you won’t answer any prayers 
            Gm     C
when I’m alone
F                   Bb
Perfume words from alabaster songs
Gm                 C
And tales of hurt described by fiery
 tongues
F              Bb                
But you won’t answer any prayers 
            Gm     C
when I’m alone

Bb             C                    
              [F Gm Dm] x2
Why don't you come back like when I 
was young?

[Verse 3]
F            Gm             Dm
Mama, I know you cannot let go
F                        Gm
Though we have both been rowing 
toward the ocean
Dm
It seems our motions split some time
 ago
F              Gm                 
Shaky are the hands with which we 
 Dm
row
F                  Gm
The way the rapids turn the land to 
sand
      Dm
Feels like a steady plan to take us 
home

[Pre Chorus]
Bb    F
You felt it like an ending
Bb    F
But I watched it like a new scene
Bb         F                     
Different ears can hear the same 
           C
thing and not agree on what it means

[Chorus]
F          Bb
Oh, Lord, where did I go wrong?
Gm
A cut cord?
C
A kettle left too long?
F              Bb                
But you won’t answer any prayers 
            Gm     C
when I’m alone
F                   Bb
Perfume words from alabaster songs
Gm                 C
And tales of hurt described by fiery
 tongues
F              Bb                
But you won’t answer any prayers 
            Gm     C
when I’m alone

Bb             C                    
              [F Gm Dm] x2
Why don't you come back like when I 
was young?

[Otro]
F  Gm Dm
Like You