{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1665862,"song":"Fore She Was Mama","artist":"Clay Walker","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11347326-fore-she-was-mama-chords-by-clay-walker/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1665862?type=chord","rating":4.60625,"votes":19,"content":"Asterisks (*) denote chords that get a single strum;\r\n              the F* in the instrumental interlude is just one quick strum that mimics the bass line.\r\n\r\n[Intro Tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]e|--------------------------------------0-x--------------------------------------------|\r\nB|-1h3-3-3-3--1h3-3-3---------------------3---1h3-3-3-3--1h3-3-3--------------------3--|\r\nG|-----------------------0--0-0-0-4p2------------------------------0--0-0-0-4p2--------|\r\nD|--------------------3------------------------------------------3---------------------|\r\nA|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Intro Chords]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]* [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Bout ten years old, hide and seek[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI found me in the closet[/tab]\r\n\r\nReady or not I stumbled on\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd opened up that box of[/tab]\r\n\r\nYearbooks, letters, black and whites\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA hundred, maybe more[/tab]\r\n\r\nNext thing I know my brothers and me\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGot 'em scattered on the floor (Yeah)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]* [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere was one of her, flippin' the bird[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSittin' on a Harley[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd a few with some hairy hippie dude\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTurns out his name was Charlie[/tab]\r\n\r\nHer hair, her clothes, her drinkin' smokin'\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHad us boys confused[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'll never forget the day us nosey kids got introduced[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo Mama, 'fore she was Mama[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn a string bikini, in Tijuana[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWon't admit she smoked marijuana[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut I saw Mama, 'fore she was Mama[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]* [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe put that box right where it was[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd never said a word[/tab]\r\n\r\nBut growin' up got hard just tryin'\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNot to picture her[/tab]\r\n\r\nIn anything but aprons, dresses\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMini-vans and church[/tab]\r\n\r\nOh and Daddy would have whooped our butts\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor diggin' up that dirt[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOn Mama, 'fore she was Mama[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn a string bikini, in Tijuana[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWon't admit she smoked marijuana[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch] (additional riff) [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut I saw Mama, 'fore she was Mama[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]* [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe laugh and hang it over her head[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nRight above her halo[/tab]\r\n\r\nHer face turns red when we bring up\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat tie-dyed Winnebago[/tab]\r\n\r\nShe runs and hides and still denies\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat hip high rose tattoo[/tab]\r\n\r\nShe burned that box of forget-me-nots\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen she found out we knew[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Bout Mama, 'fore she was Mama[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn a string bikini, in Tijuana[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWon't admit she smoked marijuana[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut that was Mama, 'fore she was Mama[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Asus2[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd there's that one down in the Bahamas[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut that was Mama, 'fore she was Mama[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]* [ch]D[/ch]  x2\r\n\r\n\r\n************************************\r\n\r\n| x  Dead note\r\n| h  Hammer-on\r\n| p  Pull-off\r\n\r\n************************************","plain_text":"Asterisks (*) denote chords that get a single strum;\n              the F* in the instrumental interlude is just one quick strum that mimics the bass line.\n\n[Intro Tab]\n\n\n\n[Intro Chords]\n\nD    D    G  F* D\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\nReady or not I stumbled on\n\n\nYearbooks, letters, black and whites\n\n\nNext thing I know my brothers and me\n\n\nD    D    G  F* D\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\nAnd a few with some hairy hippie dude\n\n\nHer hair, her clothes, her drinkin' smokin'\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\nD    D    G  F* D\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\nBut growin' up got hard just tryin'\n\n\nIn anything but aprons, dresses\n\n\nOh and Daddy would have whooped our butts\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\nD    D    G  F* D\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\nHer face turns red when we bring up\n\n\nShe runs and hides and still denies\n\n\nShe burned that box of forget-me-nots\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nD    D    G  F* D  x2\n\n\n************************************\n\n| x  Dead note\n| h  Hammer-on\n| p  Pull-off\n\n************************************","chords":["F","B","G","D","A","E","Asus2"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Asus2":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,0,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,0,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}