Mama Said chords

CAPO: 2nd Fret

[INTRO:] [D] [C] [D] [C] [D]

[VERSE 1]

Mama said, "See it through
[C]Don't let the night put the [D]bite on you

Take your time, make your plan"
[C]Mama said, "Son be your [D]own best man"

[VERSE 2]

Mama said, "Play it straight
[C]Do what you like, only [D]do it up right

Take your time, don't run wild"
[C]Mama said, "Son you're my [D]one man child"

[CHORUS]
[G]Mama didn't have that [A]know-it-all way
She [Bm]lived by the book and she [A]prayed everyday
[G]Never was a time when a [A]rhythm or rhyme
Or the [Bm]words of a song ever [G]slipped her mind

[VERSE 3]
[D]Mama said, "Go out there
[C]Play at the game and you [D]better play fair

Make sure your song gets sung"
[C]Mama said, "Honey be your [D]own big gun"


[INSTRUMENTAL:] [D] [C] [D] [C] [D]

[CHORUS]
[G]Mama didn't care when [A]I never came home
She [Bm]learned how to cope with the [A]end of a phone
[G]Dad went away to his [A]place in the sky
[Bm]Mom said, "Son, he was a [G]real good guy"

[VERSE 4]
[D]Mom said, "See it through
[C]Don't let the night put the [D]bite on you

Take your time, don't run wild"
[C]Mama said, "Son you're my [D]one man child


[INSTRUMENTAL:] [D] [C] [D] [C] [D]

[CHORUS]
[G]Mama didn't have that [A]know-it-all way
She [Bm]lived by the book and she [A]prayed everyday
[G]Never was a time when a [A]rhythm or rhyme
Or the [Bm]words of a song ever [G]slipped her mind

[VERSE 5]
[D]Mama said, "See it through
[C]Don't let the night put the [D]bite on you

Take your time, make your plan"
[C]Mama said, "Son be your [D]own best man"


[VERSE 6]

Mama said, "Go out there
[C]Play at the game and you [D]better play fair

Take your time, don't run wild"
[C]Mama said, "Son you're my [D]one man child

Take your time, don't run wild"
[C]Mama said, "Son you're my [D]one man child"


[OUTRO:] [D] [C] [D] [C] [D]