Tabs by Tim Prizer 

Heather McEntire plays this in bar-chord form , as such:

A : 5-7-7-6-5-5
E : 12-14-14-13-12-12
D : 10-12-12-11-10-10

But it also works nicely in traditional-chord form , and I find that it is better 
to play it this way if you're playing it with no lead guitar backup because you 
can provide some texture to the D at the end of each line by pulling off and 
hammering on the little e-string (or including a couple of Dsus2 chords with it).  
This, of course, looks like so:

A : x-0-2-2-2-0
E : 0-2-2-1-0-0
D : x-x-0-2-3-2
D9 : x-x-0-2-3-0

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INTRO (same as verses): [ A ] [ E ] [ D ] [ D9 ] [ D ] [ D9 ] x 3; then [ A ] [ E ] [ A ]

[ A ] Mama [ E ] rest your [ D ] mind [ D9 ] [ D ] [ D9 ]
[ A ] I found a lover she's [ E ] gentle and [ D ] kind [ D9 ] [ D ] [ D9 ]
[ A ] Finally [ E ] it's the [ D ] lasting kind [ D9 ] [ D ] [ D9 ]
[ A ] So mama [ E ] rest your [ A ] mind

[ A ] Mama [ E ] calm your [ D ] nerves [ D9 ] [ D ] [ D9 ]
[ A ] It could be [ E ] so much [ D ] worse [ D9 ] [ D ] [ D9 ]
[ A ] And if this [ E ] love is the [ D ] Devil's curse [ D9 ] [ D ] [ D9 ]
[ A ] I don't [ E ] want your [ A ] cure

[CHORUS]
[ A ] If your old book [ E ] says it's [ D ] true [ D9 ] [ D ] [ D9 ]
[ A ] Back of your [ E ] knees locked to the [ D ] seat of the [ D9 ] pew [ D ] [ D9 ]
[ A ] And if it's this [ E ] painful and [ D ] pure [ D9 ] [ D ] [ D9 ]
[ A ] I will [ E ] reck[ D ]on [ A ] you 

[ A ] All you [ E ] ask for is fami[ D ]ly [ D9 ] [ D ] [ D9 ]
[ A ] I've had your [ E ] fists your love your [ D ] suffering [ D9 ] [ D ] [ D9 ]
[ A ] All these [ E ] years of [ D ] coming [ D9 ] clean [ D ] [ D9 ]
[ A ] But never [ E ] heard or [ A ] seen

[CHORUS]

Guitar break (same as verse/intro)
[ A ] [ E ] [ D ] [ D9 ] 
[ A ] [ E ] [ D ] [ D9 ] 
[ A ] [ E ] [ D ] [ D9 ] 
[ A ] [ E ] [ A ]

[ A ] Mama [ E ] dry your [ D ] eyes [ D9 ] [ D ] [ D9 ]
[ A ]F?rget a[ E ]bout the [ D ]fire [ D9 ] [ D ] [ D9 ]
[ A ] Look how my [ E ] face [ D ] smiles and [ D9 ] shines [ D ] [ D9 ]
[ A ] Can you learn to [ E ] know your [ A ] child

[CHORUS]

[ A ] I will [ E ] reck[ D ]on [ A ] you
[ A ] I will [ E ] reck[ D ]on [ A ] you