Chords with lyrics
- Capo on 2nd
- Difficulty: Intermediate
Key: 
A augmentedA
🎸 Intro:
G+G 
C majorC G+G
G MajorG 
D MajorD G+G
🎸 Verse 1:
G+G C majorC G+G
Mama said that thirteen was too young to paint my lips
G+G 
D7D7
And too young to run with men twice my years
G+G C majorC G+G
But when you're young and yearn to be a woman, what does your mother know?
G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G
I couldn't understand her hang-ups and her fears
🎸 Verse 2:
G+G C majorC G+G
A augmentedA year went by and I got tired of Mama's foolish advice
G+G D7D7
At fourteen, I was sure I knew it all
G+G C majorC G+G
It wasn't like it was at home out on the streets alone
G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G
To make ends meet, I lived outside the law
🎸 Chorus:
G+G C majorC G+G
Now I'm livin' in the cold grey world,
G+G D MajorD G+G
hearin' cryin' in the night
G+G C majorC G+G
Missin' even Mom and Dad
G+G D7D7
and a man to hold me tight
G+G
I should've listened to my mama
C majorC G+G
And seen the wisdom in her eyes
G+G C majorC G+G
And the Tennessee Women's Prison
G+G D MajorD G+G 
D#7D#7
wouldn't be my mama tonight
🎸 Verse 3:
G#G# 
C#C# G#G#
If I ever get out of this musty cell, I'll never be back again
G#G# D#7D#7
'Cause Mama has sure got smarter every day since I've been in
G#G# C#C# G#G#
I'm gonna follow the straight and narrow if I can just get my parole
G#G# C#C# G#G# 
D#D# G#G#
And the Tennessee Women's Prison won't own my soul
🎸 Chorus:
G#G# C#C# G#G#
Now I'm livin' in the cold grey world,
G#G# D#D# G#G#
hearin' cryin' in the night
G#G# C#C# G#G#
Missin' even Mom and Dad
G#G# D#7D#7
and a man to hold me tight
G#G#
I should've listened to my mama
C#C# G#G#
And seen the wisdom in her eyes
G#G# C#C# G#G#
And the Tennessee Women's Prison
G#G# D#D# G#G#
wouldn't be my mama tonight
🎸 Outro:
G#G# C#C# G#G#
And this Tennessee Women's Prison
G#G# D#D# G#G#
wouldn't be my mama tonight
