Mama Tried

 
The first thing  
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I remember k
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nowingWas a l
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onesome whistle b
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lowingAnd a  
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young one’s dream of growing up to  
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rideOn a  
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freight train leaving  
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townNot 
 
 
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knowing where I’m  
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boundAnd no o
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ne could change my m
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ind but Mama t
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ried
 
One and  
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only rebel  
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child
 
From a
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family meek and
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mildMy 
 
 
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mama seemed to know what lay in s
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toreDepite 
 
 
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all my Sunday  
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learningTowards the  
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bad I kept on  
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turningTil 
 
M
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ama couldn’t ho
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ld me anym
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ore
 
And I turned  
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twenty-one in prison doing l
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ife without par
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oleNo 
 
 
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one could steer me right but Mama t
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ried Mama triedMama t
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ried to raise me better but her p
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leading I den
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iedThat leaves o
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nly me to  
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blame cause Mama tr
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ied

SOLO (see TAB transcription below)

 
Dear old  
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Daddy rest his  
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soulLeft my  
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mom a heavy  
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loadShe 
 
 
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tried so very hard to fill his  
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shoesWorking 
 
 
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hours without  
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restWanted 
 
 
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me to have the  
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bestShe 
 
 
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tried to raise me  
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right but I ref
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used
 
And I turned  
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twenty-one in prison doing l
G 
ife without par
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oleNo 
 
 
Bm 
one could steer me right but Mama t
A 
ried Mama triedMama t
D 
ried to raise me better but her p
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leading I den
D 
iedThat leaves  
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only me to  
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blame cause Mama t
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ried


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