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?