Mama Tried Uke tab by Merle Haggard

4 Chords used in the song: D, G, A, Bm

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Key: D, BmChords and Tablature
Mama Tried chords  by Merle Haggard (Baritone ukulele)
[Intro]
D D Pre-bends D D D D
e|----------------------------------|--pb12(13)--------------/2--/2---|
B|------10----10-----8-----7----7---|-----------13--pb5(6)---/3--/3---|
G|----7-----7------7-----7----7---7-|---------------------5--/2--/2---|
D|--0-----0------0-----0----0-------|-------------------------0---0---|
D D G G D D G G
The first thing I remember know-in' was a lonesome whist-le blow-in,
D D G G A A
And a young-on's dream of grow-in up to ride,
D D G G D D G G
On a freight train leav-in town, not know-in where I'm bound,
D D A A D D
And no one could change my mind, but Ma-ma tried.
D D G G D D G G
One and on-ly reb-el child, From a fam-ily meek and mild,
D D G G A A
My ma-ma seemed to know what lay in store,
D D G G D D G G
Spite all my Sun-day learn-in' towards the bad I kept on turn-in,
D D A A D D
Til Ma-ma could-n't hold me an-y-more.
[Chorus]
D D G G
And I turned twenty-one in pris-on do-in life with-out

D D Bm Bm A A
pa-role, No one could steer me right but Ma-ma tried,
D D
Mama tried. Ma-ma tried to raise me bet-ter, but her

G G D D A A
plead-ing I de-nied, That leaves only me to blame,
D D
cause Ma-ma tried.




[Baritone ukulele Solo]
D D G G
e|--pb12(13)----------------------------|
B|-----------13--pb5(6)-------3---3-5-3-|
G|---------------------5--2/4---4-------|
D|--------------------------------------|
D D A A D D
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------pb5(6)----|
G|-----------------------------------------5---|
D|---0-0-3-0-0-5-0-0-6-5-3-0-3-5---0-----------|

[Verse]
D D G G D D G G
Dear ol' Dad-dy, rest his soul, left my mom a heav-y load,
D D G G A A
She tried so very hard to fill his shoes,
D D G G D D G G
Work-in hou-rs with-out rest, Want-ed me to have the best,
D D A A D D
She tried to raise me right but I re-fused
[Chorus]
D D G G
And I turned twenty-one in prison do-in life with-out
D D Bm Bm A A
pa-role, No one could steer me right but Ma-ma tried,
D D
Mama tried. Ma-ma tried to raise me bet-ter, but her
G G D D
plead-ing I de-nied,
A A
That leaves only me to blame cause Ma-ma tried.

D D Pre-bends D D D D
e|----------------------------------|--pb12(13)--------------/2--/2---|
B|------10----10-----8-----7----7---|-----------13--pb5(6)---/3--/3---|
G|----7-----7------7-----7----7---7-|---------------------5--/2--/2---|
D|--0-----0------0-----0----0-------|-------------------------0---0---|

Uke tab by , 07 Jan 2020

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