My Name Can't Be Mama chords by The Highwomen

Riff:
C G


Intro:
C  C


Verse 1:

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

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

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

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

Chorus:

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

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

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

  F      G    C
My name can't be Mama today


Riff:
C G D


Verse 2:

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

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

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

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


Verse 3:

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

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

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

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


Riff:
D G  D


Verse 4:

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

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

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

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


Chorus:

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

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

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

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

  D      G   D
My name can't be Mama today


Outro:
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