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
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ife without par
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oleNo
Bm
one could steer me right but Mama t
A
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
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only me to
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blame cause Mama t
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ried
These known chords are used in this song.