Mama Couldn't Be Persuaded Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Gambler ambled down a country lane
Looking for a [C]game of [D]chance
She was [C]twenty- one or two
And she [G]knew what she wanted
And she [D]wanted that gamblin' [G]man

[Verse 2]
Her [G]parents warned her
Tried to reason with her
[C]She was determined [G]that
she [D]wanted Bill
They'd [C]all be offended at [G]the mention still
If they heard this song,
which I [D]doubt they will

[Verse 3]
And my [G]Mama couldn't be persuaded
When they pleaded with her
[C]"Daughter don't [G]marry that
[D]gamblin' [G]man."
Mama couldn't be persuaded
When they pleaded with her
[C]"Daughter don't marry [G]that
[D]gamblin' [G]man."
Mama couldn't be persuaded
When they pleaded with her
[C]No, no, [D]nevertheless
[G]I said my Mama couldn't
be persuaded
When they pleaded with her
[C]"Daughter, don't [G]marry that
[D]gamblin' [G]man."

[Verse 4]
Gambler tried to be [G]a family man
Though it didn't [C]suit his [D]style
He [C]thought he had him a
[G]winning combination
So he [D]took us where the stakes
were [G]high
Her parents warned her
Tried to reason with her
[C]Never kep[G]t their disapp[D]ointment hid
[C]They all went to pieces
when the [G]bad luck hit
Stuck in the middle, [D]I was the kid

[Verse 5]
And my [D]Mama [G]couldn't be persuaded
When they pleaded with [C]her
"Daughter don't marry [G]that
[D]gamblin' [G]man."
Mama couldn't be persuaded
When they pleaded with her
[C]"Daughter don't marry [G]that
[D]gamblin' [G]man."
Mama couldn't be persuaded
When they pleaded with her
No, [C]no, nevertheless
M- m- m- m- m- mama
couldn't be persuaded
[G]When my Grannie [D]pleaded with her
Not to marry that gamblin' [G]man.

[Verse 6]
I said my mama couldn't be persuaded
When they pleaded with her
[C]"Daughter don't [G]marry that
[D]gamblin' man."
[G]Mama couldn't be persuaded
When they pleaded with
her
"Daughter don't [C]marry[D]
[C]that gamblin' man."
Mama
M- m- m- [G]Mama couldn't be persuaded
when they pleaded with her
"Daughter don't marry
[D]that gamblin' man."