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Beginner
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Key: A
🎸 Intro:
D A E F#m D A E
🎸 Verse 1:
D A
Lord I swear my mama’s prayer
E F#m
Have saved me more than once
D A
The sky would fall and we’d never know
E F#m
Cause she would hold it up
🎸 Verse 2:
D A
Losing sleep each breath she breathed
E F#m
She did it all for us
D A
But what happens to mama
E
When the kids grow up?
🎸 Chorus:
D A
There’s something in the water
E F#m
Between a mother and a daughter
D A
No matter where I’m going
E F#m
I’m never leaving you
D A
You gave me your light
E F#m
Now it’s your time to shine
D A
And the more that I am growing
E F#m
You don’t know what to do
D
So don’t you cry mama
A E F#m
This is a good problem
D A
Your past ain’t your purpose no
E D A E
You’re only scratching the surface
F#m D A E F#m
Oh and you deserve it
🎸 Verse 3:
D A
Can't believe, just 23
E F#m
With a kid of your own
D A
And all the years, the love, the tears
E F#m
It's all you've ever known
D A E F#m
Selfish ain't a word that ever fit you well
D A
But now it's your turn
E
So go and give 'em hell
🎸 Chorus:
D A
There’s something in the water
E F#m
Between a mother and a daughter
D A
No matter where I’m going
E F#m
I’m never leaving you
D A
You gave me your light
E F#m
Now it’s your time to shine
D A
And the more that I am growing
E F#m
You don’t know what to do
D
So don’t you cry mama
A E F#m
This is a good problem
D A
Your past ain’t your purpose no
E D A E
No, you’re only scratching the surface
F#m D A E
Oh, and you deserve it
🎸 Bridge:
D A
Every mountain I've climbed
E F#m
Was a mountain you moved
D A
No doubt in my mind
E F#m
I'm me because of you
E D N.C.
And there's nothing you can't do
🎸 Chorus:
D
So don’t you cry mama
A E F#m
This is a good problem
D A
Your past ain’t your purpose no
E D A E
No, you’re only scratching the surface
F#m D A E
Oh, and you deserve it
🎸 Outro:
D A
Lord, I swear my mama's prayers
E
Saved me more than once
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Song History
Published: May 11, 2024
Last Updated: March 1, 2026