Mama Said chords by Gordon Lightfoot

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

CAPO: 2


Intro: D MajorD  C majorC D MajorD  C majorC D MajorD

verse 1:

Mama said, "See it through
C majorC              D MajorD
Don't let the night put the bite on you

Take your time, make your plan"
C majorC            D MajorD
Mama said, "Son be your own best man"

verse 2:

Mama said, "Play it straight
C majorC           D MajorD
Do what you like, only do it up right

Take your time, don't run wild"
C majorC             D MajorD
Mama said, "Son you're my one man child"


G+G           A augmentedA
Mama didn't have that know-it-all way
  B minorBm            A augmentedA
She lived by the book and she prayed everyday
G+G            A augmentedA
Never was a time when a rhythm or rhyme
    B minorBm          G+G
Or the words of a song ever slipped her mind


verse 3:
D MajorD
Mama said, "Go out there
C majorC            D MajorD
Play at the game and you better play fair

Make sure your song gets sung"
C majorC             D MajorD
Mama said, "Honey be your own big gun"


Instrumental: D MajorD  C majorC D MajorD  C majorC D MajorD

G+G           A augmentedA
Mama didn't care when I never came home
  B minorBm              A augmentedA
She learned how to cope with the end of a phone
G+G          A augmentedA
Dad went away to his place in the sky
B minorBm            G+G
Mom said, "Son, he was a real good guy"


verse 4:
D MajorD
Mom said, "See it through
C majorC              D MajorD
Don't let the night put the bite on you

Take your time, don't run wild"
C majorC             D MajorD
Mama said, "Son you're my one man child


Instrumental: D MajorD  C majorC D MajorD  C majorC D MajorD


G+G           A augmentedA
Mama didn't have that know-it-all way
  B minorBm            A augmentedA
She lived by the book and she prayed everyday
G+G            A augmentedA
Never was a time when a rhythm or rhyme
    B minorBm          G+G
Or the words of a song ever slipped her mind


VERSE 5:
D MajorD
Mama said, "See it through
C majorC              D MajorD
Don't let the night put the bite on you

Take your time, make your plan"
C majorC            D MajorD
Mama said, "Son be your own best man"


VERSE 6:

Mama said, "Go out there
C majorC            D MajorD
Play at the game and you better play fair

Take your time, don't run wild"
C majorC             D MajorD
Mama said, "Son you're my one man child

Take your time, don't run wild"
C majorC             D MajorD
Mama said, "Son you're my one man child"


OUTRO: D MajorD  C majorC D MajorD  C majorC D MajorD