E G#m F# B
E G#m F# D#
[Verse 1]
E G#m F#
I wonder why I always cared about her
B E G#m F#
When I never took care of myself
B E G#m F#
But now I'm gonna forget all about her, oh, oh
B E G#m F#
So she can't keep pulling me through hell
[Verse 2]
B E G#m F#
I can't believe I ever said I loved her
B E G#m F#
It took me so long just to see
B E G#m F#
But now I'm gonna listen to my mother, oh, oh
B E G#m F#
She is always looking out for me
[Pre-Chorus]
D# E G#m F#
I'm on my way to learning,
B
I'm a better me
E G#m F# D#
Without you, I was better off
E G#m F# B E
Is one enough to my mama told me don't settle for less
G#m B
She was right about all the rest
[Chorus]
G#m
Mama knows best
F# B
(Yeah, she knows, yeah, she knows)
E G#m
Whatever she says
F# B
(Yeah, she knows, yeah, she knows)
E G#m F#
She could've just left but she knows
B E
Yeah, she knows, yeah, she knows
G#m
I gotta confess
F# B
That mama knows best
[Instrumental]
E G#m F# B
E G#m F# D#
[Verse 3]
E G#m F#
I can't believe I ever said I loved her
B E G#m F#
It took me so long just to see
B E G#m F# B
But now I'm gonna listen to my mother, oh, oh
E G#m F#
She is always looking out for me
[Pre-Chorus]
E G#m F#
I'm on my way to learning,
B
I'm a better me
E G#m F# D#
Without you, I was better off
E G#m F# B E
Is one enough to my mama told me don't settle for less
G#m B
She was right about all the rest
[Chorus]
G#m
Mama knows best
F# B
(Yeah, she knows, yeah, she knows)
E G#m
Whatever she says
F# B
(Yeah, she knows, yeah, she knows)
E G#m F#
She could've just left but she knows
B E
Yeah, she knows, yeah, she knows
G#m
I gotta confess
F# B
That mama knows best
[Bridge]
E G#m
I don't know what you've been told
F# B E
But I promise you that I'm not like them
G#m F#m
I'm not like them
N.C.
I was raised up better
E G#m
I don't know what you've been told
F# B E
But I promise you that I'm not like them
G#m F#m
I'm not like them
B
I was raised up better
E G#m
I don't know what you've been told
F# B E
But I promise you that I'm not like them
G#m F#m
I'm not like them
B
I was raised up better
E G#m
I don't know what you've been told
F# B E
But I promise you that I'm not like them
N.C.
I'm not like them
[Chorus]
G#m
Mama knows best
F# B
(Yeah, she knows, yeah, she knows)
E G#m
Whatever she says
F# B
(Yeah, she knows, yeah, she knows)
E G#m F#
She could've just left but she knows
B E
Yeah, she knows, yeah, she knows
G#m
I gotta confess
F# B E
That mama knows best
[Outro]
G#m F# B
She knows, yeah, she knows, yeah, she knows
E G#m F#
