E                                        Ab
Perhaps it is the color of the sun cut flat 
       Cm#            Cm#7              
And cov?rin? the crossroad I?m standing at,
   E              Ab          Cm#           A
Or maybe it?s the weather or something like that, 
    E              B         E   
But mama, you been on my mind.

                                                                            
E                                                   Ab
I mean no trouble, please don?t put down don?t get upset,
         Cm#           Cm#7 
I am not pleadin? or sayin?, "I can?t forget you".
  E               Ab          Cm#                  A
I do not pace the floor bowed down an? bent, but yet,
       E             B         E
Well,  mama you been on my mind.

                                                                            
E                       
Even though my eyes are hazy an? my thoughts they might be narrow,
Ab                   Cm#           Cm#7   
Where you been don?t bother me, or bring me down with sorrow 
E            Ab                 Cm#               A
I don?t even mind who you?re be wakin? with tomorrow,
    E             B         E
But mama you been on my mind.

E                                               Ab
I?m not askin? you to say words like "yes" or "no", 
            Cm#                 Cm#7
Please understand me, I have no pleace i?m calling you to go.
                            
         E            Ab                Cm#                  A          
I?m just wispering to myself so i can?t pretend that I don?t know,
E              B        E
Mama, you just on my mind.

                                                                                     
E                                                      Ab  
When you wake up in the morning? , baby  take a look inside the mirror.
Cm#                                  Cm#7 
You know I won?t be next to you, you know I won?t be near.
                                                                                        
E          Ab              Cm#             A                    
I?d just be curious to know if you can see yourself as clear.
   E               B                 E
As someone who has had you on his mind.