Mama Drove A Mustang chords by Ron Pope

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: D

Intro:

D   G  D  G  D  A
G D   G  D  G  D  A   G


Verse 1:
D
Writing songs in fiddle keys,
G                 D
Burning bright as kerosene,
G              D
I left home to chase a dream,
  A
A dream ain’t what I found.
Bm                  A
Fighting mad in the neon lights,
Bm     A          G       A
I came to as they read my rights.
D                          G
At least I know where I’ll sleep tonight,
     A        G      D       G
So I guess it ain’t all bad.

Chorus:
D                     G             D
Mama drove a Mustang, when she was 25,
G               D              A
I was six years old, how’d the hell we stay alive?
Bm                A                  Bm    A
She flew down the highway, just like Petty in his prime.
D            G        A            G D
Mama drove a Mustang, when she was 25.


Interlude:
G  D  G  D  A   G


Verse 2:
       D
Patron saint of where I come from,
     G                D
On a string around my neck.
G           D
Nicotine on navy white,
         A
It ain’t quite Christmas yet.
Bm                 A
And I would find a payphone now,
    Bm  A           G A
But payphones don’t exist.
D                   G
Thankful for what I still have and
G        G     D        G
Mourning all I’ll miss.


Chorus:
D                     G             D
Mama drove a Mustang, when she was 25,
G               D              A
I was six years old, how’d the hell we stay alive?
Bm                A                  Bm    A
She flew down the highway, just like Petty in his prime.
D            G        A            G D
Mama drove a Mustang, when she was 25.


Bridge:
      Bm                     A                    G                       D
I got pretty much everything I ever wanted, but I still didn’t feel like enough,
        Bm                        A                   G                D
I was a sinner in the hands of an angry God trying to figure out who I was,
      Bm                A                          G                       D
I ran so far alone I forgot my way home, wish like hell I had just turned around.
         Bm                   A                           G                               A
It turns out what I need, I refused to receive, guess I’m still reckoning with that right now.


Harmonica Solo:
D   G  D  G  D  A   G


Chorus:
D                     G             D
Mama drove a Mustang, when she was 25,
G               D              A
I was six years old, how’d the hell we stay alive?
Bm                A                  Bm    A
She flew down the highway, just like Petty in his prime.
D            G        A            G D
Mama drove a Mustang, when she was 25.


Outro:
D   G  D  G  D  A   G
D   G  D  G