Mama Tell Me chords by Cecilia Dillon

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

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

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

 G           D       C
Awoooooooooo oooooo  ooo x2

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

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

 G           D       C
Awoooooooooo oooooo  ooo x2

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

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

G            D       C
Awoooooooooo oooooo  ooo x4