My Name Can't Be Mama chords by The Highwomen

Riff:
C  G


Intro:
C   C


Verse 1:

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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:

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

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I peeled out of the driveway left my family in bed

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

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


Verse 3:

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

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

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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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