Mama Said chords by Gordon Lightfoot

• Capo on 2nd

CAPO: 2


Intro: D   C  D    C  D

verse 1:

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

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

verse 2:

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

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


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


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

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


Instrumental: D   C  D    C  D


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


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

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


Instrumental: D   C  D    C  D


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


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

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


VERSE 6:

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

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

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


OUTRO: D   C  D    C  D