Tabbed by: Aaron Field
**Open D Tuning**
Chords used:
D5 C#5 C5 G5 B5 F#5 E5 A5 D? E/11 F#/11 G5
D | --0-----0-----0-----0----0----0-----0----0----0-----0--------0------0-- |
A | --0-----0-----0-----0----0----0-----0----0----0-----0--------0------0-- |
F# | --12----10----10----5----8----3-----1----7----0-----1--------3------1-- |
D | --0-----0-----0-----0----7----2-----0----0----0-----2--------4------0-- |
A | --0-----0-----0-----0----(b9)---4-----0----0----0-----2--------4------1-- |
D | --12----11----10----5----(b9)---4-----2----7----0-----0--------0------0-- |
*Note: These may not be the actual chord names but they're pretty close
Intro Riff:
D5 C#5 C5 G5
D | --0---0----0--0--0--0---0----0---0----0--0--0--0---0-----0---0----0--0--0--0---0-----0--- |
A | --0---0----0--0--0--0---0----0---0----0--0--0--0---0-----0---0----0--0--0--0---0-----0--- |
F# | --12--12---12-12h13-12--12---10--10---10-10h12-10--10----10--10---10-10h12-10--10----5--- |
D | --0---0----0--0--0--0---0----0---0----0--0--0--0---0-----0---0----0--0--0--0---0-----0--- |
A | --0---0----0--0--0--0---0----0---0----0--0--0--0---0-----0---0----0--0--0--0---0-----0--- |
D | --12--12---12-12-12-12--12---11--11---11-11-11-11--11----10--10---10-10-10-10--10----5--- |
Intro: (Play Intro Riff) x2
Verse 1:
D5 C#5
Mama, how do I write the words to you
C5 G5
You were the only one who loved me true
D5 C#5
But there's a woman that we don't even know
C5 G5
She gave me life, then you gave me a home
Chorus 1:
B5
I love you, Mama
F#5
But I want to tell her too
E5 G5 A5 (Repeat Intro Riff)
Is that her little boy still loves you
Verse 2:
D5 C#5
I close my eyes, does she look like me
C5 G5
Does she need my help, is she cold on the street
D5 C#5
Or am I forgotten like a bad childhood dream
C5 G5
A B-movie actor on the black and white screen
Chorus 2:
B5
I love you, Mama
F#5
But I want to tell her too
E5 G5 A5 D5
Is that her little boy still loves you
E5 G5 A5 D?
Is that her little boy still loves you
Bridge:
E/11 F#/11
Could I have seen her, I'll never know
E/11 F#/11
Maybe she's always been there watching me grow
E/11 F#/11
I wanted to tell her how grateful I am
G5 G5
For giving me life, I've done the best that I can
Solo:
(Repeat Intro Riff) then
D5 C#5
Ohhhh ohhhhh
C5 G5
Ohhhh yeah
Chorus 3:
B5
I love you, Mama
F#5
But I want to tell her too
E5 G5 A5 D5
Is that her little boy still loves you
E5 G5 A5 D?
Her little boy still loves you
Outro: E5 - G5 - A5 - D?