CAPO: 4th Fret
[CHORUS]
[G]Mama, Mama, you [C]know how it feels
[Em]Love never knows a [D]season
[G]Mama, tell me [D]you understand
The [A7]heart always has a [D]reason
[VERSE 1]
[G]Doing ninety-five in the middle of the night on an [C]open road
[Em]Time for a good ol' girl like me to be [D]bedded down
[C]Gotta get home before the kids find out I've [D]been away
I [A7]figure I'm gonna reach town [D]just before dawn
[VERSE 2]
[G]I can see the sun is gonna be comin' [C]up real soon
[Em]Hope the children don't wake up and wonder [D]where I am
[C]Gotta get the older ones to school and [D]play with the baby
[A7]She's the apple of her mother's eye, and [D]doesn't she know it
[PRE-CHORUS]
[Em]Don't know how it happened [A7]one more time
The [Em]money's running out and the [C]other kids are crying
[D]Somebody tell me, I'm not[C] crazy
[D]Doing what I [C]can to raise my [Em]babies
[CHORUS]
[G]Mama, Mama, you [C]know how it feels
[Em]Love never knows a [D]season
[G]Mama, tell me [D]you understand
The [A7]heart always has a [D]reason
[VERSE 3]
[G]Wonder if you know just how it feels [C]to be alone
[Em]Trying to raise a bunch of kids on nothing but [D]love and guts
[C]When the day is over I'm about as wrecked as a [D]body can be
I [A7]got my troubles, but again I need me [D]some kind of loving
[PRE-CHORUS]
[Em]Don't know how it happened [A7]one more time
The [Em]money's running out and the [C]other kids are crying
[D]Somebody tell me, I'm not[C] crazy
[D]Doing what I [C]can to raise my [Em]babies
[CHORUS]
[G]Mama, Mama, you [C]know how it feels
[Em]Love never knows a [D]season
[G]Mama, tell me [D]you understand
The [A7]heart always has a [D]reason
[VERSE 4]
The [G]doctor down in Lincoln said I'd [C]be alright
He [Em]said he didn't want to help me, but he'd do it [D]just this once
[C]Made me feel so bad, I couldn't stop the [D]tears from falling
[A7]Made me wish he had to pay this kind of [D]price for his loving
[PRE-CHORUS]
[Em]Don't know how it happened [A7]one more time
The [Em]money's running out and the [C]other kids are crying
[D]Five kids are gonna drive me [C]crazy
[D]Lord, I can't [C]have another [Em]baby
[CHORUS]
[G]Mama, Mama, you [C]know how it feels
[Em]Love never knows a [D]season
[G]Mama, tell me [D]you understand
The [A7]heart always has a [D]reason
[CHORUS]
[G]Mama, Mama, you [C]know how it feels
[Em]Love never knows a [D]season
[G]Mama, tell me [D]you understand
The [A7]heart always has a [D]reason
[VERSE 1]
[G]Doing ninety-five in the middle of the night on an [C]open road
[Em]Time for a good ol' girl like me to be [D]bedded down
[C]Gotta get home before the kids find out I've [D]been away
I [A7]figure I'm gonna reach town [D]just before dawn
[VERSE 2]
[G]I can see the sun is gonna be comin' [C]up real soon
[Em]Hope the children don't wake up and wonder [D]where I am
[C]Gotta get the older ones to school and [D]play with the baby
[A7]She's the apple of her mother's eye, and [D]doesn't she know it
[PRE-CHORUS]
[Em]Don't know how it happened [A7]one more time
The [Em]money's running out and the [C]other kids are crying
[D]Somebody tell me, I'm not[C] crazy
[D]Doing what I [C]can to raise my [Em]babies
[CHORUS]
[G]Mama, Mama, you [C]know how it feels
[Em]Love never knows a [D]season
[G]Mama, tell me [D]you understand
The [A7]heart always has a [D]reason
[VERSE 3]
[G]Wonder if you know just how it feels [C]to be alone
[Em]Trying to raise a bunch of kids on nothing but [D]love and guts
[C]When the day is over I'm about as wrecked as a [D]body can be
I [A7]got my troubles, but again I need me [D]some kind of loving
[PRE-CHORUS]
[Em]Don't know how it happened [A7]one more time
The [Em]money's running out and the [C]other kids are crying
[D]Somebody tell me, I'm not[C] crazy
[D]Doing what I [C]can to raise my [Em]babies
[CHORUS]
[G]Mama, Mama, you [C]know how it feels
[Em]Love never knows a [D]season
[G]Mama, tell me [D]you understand
The [A7]heart always has a [D]reason
[VERSE 4]
The [G]doctor down in Lincoln said I'd [C]be alright
He [Em]said he didn't want to help me, but he'd do it [D]just this once
[C]Made me feel so bad, I couldn't stop the [D]tears from falling
[A7]Made me wish he had to pay this kind of [D]price for his loving
[PRE-CHORUS]
[Em]Don't know how it happened [A7]one more time
The [Em]money's running out and the [C]other kids are crying
[D]Five kids are gonna drive me [C]crazy
[D]Lord, I can't [C]have another [Em]baby
[CHORUS]
[G]Mama, Mama, you [C]know how it feels
[Em]Love never knows a [D]season
[G]Mama, tell me [D]you understand
The [A7]heart always has a [D]reason
Used chords
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