My Name Can't Be Mama chords by The Highwomen

Chords with lyrics

Riff:
C majorC G+G


Intro:
C majorC  C majorC


Verse 1:

C majorC                    FF        C majorC
Things are gettin' better but right now it's not looking great

  C majorC                G+G
My ceiling still is spinning from a night that went too late

  C majorC                 FF        C majorC
I used to sleep this off and let the shame just melt away

  C majorC               G+G       C majorC
But not for tiny feet in hallways calling out my name

Chorus:

   FF                   C majorC
It's not that I don't love you, I wouldn't touch the hands of time

   FF                 G+G       G+G
It's not that I don't long to feel your tiny hand in mine

  C majorC                 FF      C majorC
I'm not a perfect woman, Lord, I don't wish it all away

  FF      G+G    C majorC
My name can't be Mama today


Riff:
C majorC G+G D MajorD


Verse 2:

C majorC               FF        C majorC
Today I didn't listen to the voice inside my head

  C majorC                 G+G     C majorC
I peeled out of the driveway left my family in bed

C majorC                  FF           C majorC
Know it wouldn't be easier to just quit the road and stay home

   C majorC               G+G        C majorC
I'd lose myself inside the halls, unsatisfied and alone

Verse 3:

FF                C majorC
Sometimes all I want is to run back to you at night

  FF               G+G
To rock you to sleep, to keep the blues out of your eyes

  C majorC                FF       C majorC
I'm not the kind of woman that would throw it all away

    C majorC      G+G   C majorC
But my name can't be Mama today


Riff:
D MajorD G+G  D MajorD


Verse 4:

  D MajorD               G+G       D MajorD
I drive my mother crazy out here traveling the world

   D MajorD              A augmentedA
Free-wheeling in the city, I'm a solitary girl

   D MajorD              G+G         D MajorD
I'm living in the moment, knowing there might come a day

    D MajorD        A augmentedA D MajorD
But my name can't be Mama today, uh-uh


Chorus:

   G+G                D MajorD
It's not that I don't want to, I just don't want to today

   G+G              A augmentedA
I'm not a fan of mornings and I love my chardonnay

  D MajorD               G+G     D MajorD
No, I'm not saying never, I won't wish it all away

    D MajorD      G+G    D MajorD
But my name can't be Mama today, oh no

  D MajorD      G+G   D MajorD
My name can't be Mama today


Outro:
D MajorD