Mama Knows The Highway chords by Hal Ketchum

Chords with lyrics

MAMA KNOWS THE HIGHWAY - HAL KETCHUM

Capo @ II, play as G, sounds in A augmentedA

INTRO:
  G+G  C majorC  G+G  E minorEm D MajorD
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G+G        C majorC       G+G   G+G
 Mama knows the highway by the songs
     G+G        G+G      D MajorD   D MajorD
When she hears a good one, she always sings along
G+G       C majorC         G+G  G+G
She don't ever worry 'bout what's gone
     G+G       G+G   D MajorD           G+G    G+G
She says, "Good country music... will never steer you wrong."

G+G        C majorC         G+G   G+G
She talks to the truckers with her lights
G+G            A7A7        D MajorD   D MajorD
Maybe just a little bit more on Saturday nights
G+G      C majorC      G+G    G+G
She knows a good road to paradise
      G+G       D MajorD        G+G     G+G
And that's just enough to keep the highway bright

CHORUS:
   C majorC       C majorC       G+G   G+G
Yeah, Mama knows the highway now by heart
G+G    D/F#D/F#  E minorEm       D MajorD    D MajorD
She can see the rain before it starts
G+G       C/GC/G    G+G         C/GC/G
Looking clear through a windshield full of stars
G+G        D MajorD       G+G   C majorC  G+G  E minorEm D MajorD
 Mama knows the highway now by heart...    // //

  G+G  C majorC  G+G  E minorEm D MajorD
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G+G       C majorC     G+G      G+G
She can tell Wyoming jus' by the wind
    G+G      G+G       G+G       D MajorD  D MajorD
She can tell another trucker by the rig that he's in
G+G        C majorC        G+G   G+G
She knows how to watch the river bends
G+G          D MajorD      G+G   G+G
She knows where the real South begins

CHORUS:
   C majorC       C majorC       G+G   G+G
Yeah, Mama knows the highway now by heart
G+G    D/F#D/F#  E minorEm       D MajorD    D MajorD
She can see the rain before it starts
G+G       C/GC/G    G+G         C/GC/G
Looking clear through a windshield full of stars
G+G        D MajorD       G+G   C majorC  G+G  E minorEm D MajorD
 Mama knows the highway now by heart...    // //

GUITAR SOLO:
  G+G  C majorC  G+G  G+G   G+G  G+G  D MajorD  D MajorD
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PIANO SOLO:
  G+G  C majorC  G+G  G+G   G+G  D MajorD  G+G  G+G
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BRIDGE:
C majorC    G/BG/B   A minorAm      G+G    D/F#D/F#  E minorEm
She can gauge a cafe just by, looking at the sign
A7A7      A7A7      C majorC     C majorC    D MajorD  D MajorD
 Little old places always share the grand design...

FINAL CHORUS:
C majorC       C majorC       G+G   C majorC
Mama knows the highway now by heart
G+G    D/F#D/F#  E minorEm       D MajorD    D MajorD
She can see the rain before it starts
G+G       C/GC/G    G+G         C/GC/G
Looking clear through a windshield full of stars
G+G        D MajorD       E minorEm   C majorC
 Mama knows the highway now by heart...

OUTTRO:
G+G       D MajorD       G+G   C majorC  G+G E minorEm  D MajorD
Mama knows the highway now by heart...

  G+G  C majorC  G+G  E minorEm D MajorD
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        G+G     C majorC  G+G  E minorEm D MajorD
Mama knows the highway... yeah...

REPEAT AND FADE: (or until you want to end on G!)
  G+G  C majorC  G+G  E minorEm D MajorD
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