Chords with lyrics
Title: Mama Said
Album: Acoustica
The original version of "Mama Said" appears on the Metallica album "Load".
Tabbed by [email protected]
"Mama Said" as performed by James Hetfield on single acoustic guitar.
A augmentedA great song and easy to play.
Tune your guitar down ½ step if you want to play to the record.
h = hammer on
p = pull off
/ = slide up; \ = slide down
b = bend
~ = vibrato/hold note
x = string is not played; () notes in brackets are played very softly
So here we go...
Intro & verse
DmDm 
C majorC C majorC 
A minorAm
e---1---0h1--3---1---0---0~~--0--- James plays these chords in little
B---3---3~~--3---3---1---1h3--1--- variations. You'll find out yourself.
G---2---2~~--2---2---0---0~~--2---
D---0---0~~--0---0---2---2~~--2---
A---x---x----x---x---3---3~~--0---
E---x---x----x---x---x---x----x--- Repeat...
Mama she has told me well...
then
DmDm C majorC A minorAm 
G+G DmDm C majorC 
Bb majorBb G+G A minorAm
e---1---0---0----3--- e---1---0---1---3---0---
B---3---1---1----0--- B---3---1---3---0---1---
G---2---0---2----0--- G---2---0---3---0---2---
D---0---2---2----0--- D---0---2---3---0---2---
A---x---3---0----2--- A---x---3---1---2---0---
E---x---x---x----3--- E---x---x---x---3---x---
Let my heart go... let this heart be still...
DmDm G+G C majorC 
FF DmDm C majorC Bb majorBb G+G A minorAm
e---1---3---0---1--- e---1---0---1---3---0---
B---3---0---1---1--- B---3---1---3---0---1---
G---2---0---0---2--- G---2---0---3---0---2---
D---0---0---2---3--- D---0---2---3---0---2---
A---x---2---3---3--- A---x---3---1---2---0---
E---x---3---x---1--- E---x---x---x---3---x---
Never I asked... let this heart be still...
DmDm C majorC A minorAm DmDm DmDm
e---1---0---0---1----3---1---
B---3---1---1---3----3---3---
G---2---0---2---2----2---2---
D---0---2---2---0----0---0---
A---x---3---0---x----x---x---
E---x---x---x---x----x---x---
Let my heart go...
And that's pretty much it. If you see any mistakes, let me know.
[email protected]
I also tabbed the acoustic version of "Nothing Else Matters", which is already
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