Mama Tried Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]First thing I remember knowin'[C]
Was a [G]lonesome whistle [C]blowin'
And [G]a young one's dream
of growin' up to [D]ride
On a [G]freight train leavin' [C]town
Not [G]knowin' where I'm [C]bound
No [G]one could steer me [D]right
But Mama tried
[G]

[Verse 2]
One and only rebel [C]child
From a [G]family meek and [C]mild
My [G]mama seemed to know
what lay [D]in store
In spite of [G]all my Sunday learn[C]in'
Toward the [G]bad I kept on [C]turnin'
Till [G]mama couldn't [D]hold me anymore
[G]

[Verse 3]
And I turned twenty- one in prison
Doin' [C]life without pa[G]role
No [Em]one could steer me right
But Mama [D]tried Mama tried
Mama [G]tried to raise me better
But her [C]pleading I [G]denied
And that leaves only me [D]to blame

[Interlude 1]
'Cause Mama tried
[G]

[Verse 4]
[C]An [Bb]d the[C]n [Bb]there[C] wa[F]s
another man from [Abaug]Texas.
My mama and daddy used [C]to drive [Cm]for
miles [Eb]and miles just [Cm]to listen [F]to him sing.
I remember Mama used to [Bb]tell me.
She'd say "Reba he's got the best
voice I've [F]ever [Aaug]heard"
and then later on when [F]I got
to go and listen to him sing,
I'd sit there all night [Bb]long and wait for
Ray Price to sing the blues.