Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Difficulty: Novice
D MajorD G+G B minorBm A augmentedA G+G
VERSE 1:
D MajorD
Hey mama
G+G
How do you get a red wine stain out of your favorite dress
B minorBm A augmentedA
Black mascara off a pillow case
G+G
Cure one too many headache
D MajorD
Mama can I come and maybe stay a few days
G+G
This weekend or next
B minorBm A augmentedA G+G
And hey, how do you get a red wine stain out of your favorite dress
Chorus:
D MajorD
How does he sleep at night
G+G
Mama, the nerve of this guy
B minorBm A augmentedA
To leave me so easy
G+G
A minorAm I gonna be alright
B minorBm A augmentedA
I wanna kick myself for falling so hard
G+G D MajorD G+G
Mama can you die from a broken heart
VERSE 2:
D MajorD
Can you ask daddy if he's got time to
G+G
Come and look at my front door
B minorBm A augmentedA
It got slammed last night
G+G
And now it don't close right
D MajorD
And just promise that you won't tell him everything
G+G
And keep that pistol in the drawer
B minorBm
Mama please don't say
A augmentedA G+G
I'm gonna laugh about this someday
G+G
You didn't see the way he drove away
Chorus:
D MajorD
How does he sleep at night
G+G
Mama, the nerve of this guy
B minorBm A augmentedA
To leave me so easy
G+G
A minorAm I gonna be alright
B minorBm A augmentedA
I wanna kick myself for falling so hard
G+G D MajorD G+G
Mama can you die from a broken heart
B minorBm A augmentedA G+G
Oh, a broken heart
BRIDGE:
B minorBm
Can your knees give out from praying so hard
A augmentedA
Can you go blind from crying in the dark
G+G
Was it ever really real if he don't feel how I feel
Chorus:
D MajorD
How does he sleep at night
G+G
Mama, the nerve of this guy
B minorBm A augmentedA
To leave me so easy
G+G
A minorAm I gonna be alright
D MajorD
How does he sleep at night
G+G
Mama, the nerve of this guy
B minorBm A augmentedA
To leave me so easy
G+G
A minorAm I gonna be alright
B minorBm A augmentedA
I wanna kick myself for falling so hard
G+G D MajorD G+G
Mama can you die from a broken heart
B minorBm A augmentedA G+G
Oh, a broken heart
B minorBm A augmentedA G+G
G+G broken heart