Mama Tell Me chords by Cecilia Dillon

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

G+G            D MajorD
I’m doin my best to join the land of the living
   E minorEm              C majorC
With my rap sheet you’d think that I ain’t willing
  G+G               D MajorD            C majorC
I’m dragging my heels and giving a new voice to moaning and screaming
  G+G            D MajorD
My hoarse protests they are reaching the ears
  E minorEm         C majorC
Of people that I ain’t seen in years
      G+G                D MajorD           C majorC
And they’re telling me “darlin, there ain't nothing for you to be scared of”

  G+G      D MajorD
So tell me mama where it ends
E minorEm         C majorC
Tell me no one will forget my friends
G+G        D MajorD             C majorC
Tell me all the little things that don't matter
G+G          D MajorD
The more I know the less I fear
E minorEm                 C majorC
And nobody will tell me where I’ll be next year
  G+G         D MajorD          C majorC
So don’t feed me that line no more please baby

 G+G      D MajorD    C majorC
Awoooooooooo oooooo ooo x2

  G+G         D MajorD
But time it just keeps moving on
      E minorEm        C majorC
And there’s just nothing that can be done
  G+G       D MajorD       C majorC
And how exactly am I supposed to take that
       G+G           D MajorD
And when that lonesome train rumbles down the line
     E minorEm         C majorC
It don’t matter much if it’s coming for yours or mine
 G+G            D MajorD              C majorC
I hear it at night, like a threat I’m not allowed to be scared of

  G+G      D MajorD
So tell me mama what you’ve seen
E minorEm            C majorC
Tell me folks‘re somethin other than mean
G+G        D MajorD      C majorC
Tell me what it is i really need
G+G          D MajorD
The more I shout the less I breathe
    E minorEm          C majorC
I’ll be nowhere next year if I choose to leave
  G+G        D MajorD          C majorC
So sing it with me one more time please baby

 G+G      D MajorD    C majorC
Awoooooooooo oooooo ooo x2

G+G     D MajorD
How’m I supposed to go
E minorEm     C majorC
How’m I supposed to know
     G+G            D MajorD            C majorC
These’re serious question y’all’s talking like you got the answers
  G+G          D MajorD
You say I’ll find some rest down the line
     E minorEm    C majorC
Well, I’m not gonna pretend that later’s fine
G+G        D MajorD         C majorC
Nobody warned me later’s all there is

  G+G      D MajorD
So tell me mama where you been
E minorEm           C majorC
Tell me I don’t have to sleep again
G+G        D MajorD           C majorC
Tell me all the things that should not matter
G+G          D MajorD
The more I learn the less I hear
E minorEm                 C majorC
That nobody can tell me where I’ll be next year
  G+G          D MajorD         C majorC
But please feed me that line one more time baby

G+G      D MajorD    C majorC
Awoooooooooo oooooo ooo x4