Letter To My Mother chords by Edwin Mccain

"Letter To My Mother" by Edwin McCain
            From the album "Far From Over"
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Tabbed by: Aaron Field
Email: Oasis4U2NV@tampabay.rr.com


**Open D Tuning**


Chords used:

   D  C#m6  C   G  Bm7 F#m7 Em7  A  Dº Em7/11 F#m7/11 G/Bb
D |--0-----0-----0-----0----0----0-----0----0----0-----0--------0------0--|
A |--0-----0-----0-----0----0----0-----0----0----0-----0--------0------0--|
F#|--12----10----10----5----8----3-----1----7----0-----1--------3------1--|
D |--0-----0-----0-----0----7----2-----0----0----0-----2--------4------0--|
A |--0-----0-----0-----0----9----4-----0----0----0-----2--------4------1--|
D |--12----11----10----5----9----4-----2----7----0-----0--------0------0--|

*Note: These may not be the actual chord names but they're pretty close


Intro Riff:

   D             C#m6            C              G
D |--0---0----0--0--0--0---0----0---0----0--0--0--0---0-----0---0----0--0--0--0---0-----0---|
A |--0---0----0--0--0--0---0----0---0----0--0--0--0---0-----0---0----0--0--0--0---0-----0---|
F#|--12--12---12-12h13-12--12---10--10---10-10h12-10--10----10--10---10-10h12-10--10----5---|
D |--0---0----0--0--0--0---0----0---0----0--0--0--0---0-----0---0----0--0--0--0---0-----0---|
A |--0---0----0--0--0--0---0----0---0----0--0--0--0---0-----0---0----0--0--0--0---0-----0---|
D |--12--12---12-12-12-12--12---11--11---11-11-11-11--11----10--10---10-10-10-10--10----5---|



Intro: (Play Intro Riff) x2


Verse 1:

D       C#m6
Mama, how do I write the words to you
       C      G
You were the only one who loved me true
       D       C#m6
But there's a woman that we don't even know
      C       G
She gave me life, then you gave me a home


Chorus 1:

      Bm7
I love you, Mama
       F#m7
But I want to tell her too
      Em7    G   A   (Repeat Intro Riff)
Is that her little boy still loves you


Verse 2:

      D       C#m6
I close my eyes, does she look like me
     C          G
Does she need my help, is she cold on the street
      D       C#m6
Or am I forgotten like a bad childhood dream
 C          G
A B-movie actor on the black and white screen


Chorus 2:

      Bm7
I love you, Mama
       F#m7
But I want to tell her too
      Em7    G   A   D
Is that her little boy still loves you
      Em7    G   A   Dº
Is that her little boy still loves you


Bridge:

Em7/11         F#m7/11
 Could I have seen her, I'll never know
      Em7/11      F#m7/11
Maybe she's always been there watching me grow
      Em7/11    F#m7/11
I wanted to tell her how grateful I am
       G          G/Bb
For giving me life, I've done the best that I can


Solo:

(Repeat Intro Riff) then

D   C#m6
Ohhhh ohhhhh

C   G
Ohhhh yeah


Chorus 3:

      Bm7
I love you, Mama
       F#m7
But I want to tell her too
      Em7    G   A   D
Is that her little boy still loves you
  Em7    G   A   Dº
Her little boy still loves you


Outro: Em7 - G - A - Dº