Mama Said

CAPO: 2 


Intro: D   C  D    C  D 

verse 1: 
                           
Mama said, "See it through 
C                           D 
Don't let the night put the bite on you  

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


verse 2: 

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

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


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


verse 3: 
D 
Mama said, "Go out there 
C                        D 
Play at the game and you better play fair  

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


Instrumental: D   C  D    C  D 

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


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

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


Instrumental: D   C  D    C  D 

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


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

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


VERSE 6: 

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

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

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


OUTRO: D   C  D    C  D