{"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":1791173,"song":"Mama Hated Diesels","artist":"Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11394251-mama-hated-diesels-chords-by-commander-cody-his-lost-planet-airmen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1791173?type=chord","rating":4.79263,"votes":17,"content":"[Intro]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A/D[/ch]\r\nMama hated diesels so bad[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI guess I knew it was something to do with dad[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThe first time I ever seen her cry, was after one of them things went by[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMama hated diesels so bad[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI remember hearin' those semis gearing down[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMy mom and me lived right on the high grade end of town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI sure loved them white freighters, but there was somethin' in Mama's eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwhen she'd catch me watching the road, lord, a little bitty piece of her died[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A/D[/ch]\r\nMama hated diesels so bad[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI guess I knew it was something to do with dad[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThe first time I ever seen her cry, was after one of them things went by[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMama hated diesels so bad[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2] (Spoken)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs the years passed and I grew older, mama did too[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nPretty soon she stopped singin' and laughin', well, she'd hardly even eat[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nI began staying away from home on the weekdays, and wouldn't come home from school till' [/tab]\r\nway after dark\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was always too busy havin' fun either messing around with some girl or hanging around [/tab]\r\nthe truckstop\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nor talking too my buddies about about the big rigs that were all the time rollin' in[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOr talking about all the crazy places we never been, like California[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3] (Spoken)\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, one day the county sheriff came up to me [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe said they found my mama wandering all by herself in the middle of the highway cryin'[/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe was trying of all things Lord, to flag down one of them rigs with a pocket handkerchief[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, that left me all on my own[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4] (Spoken)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI got a job unloadin' rigs down at the local frieght yard[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nPretty soon I got a rig of my own and I left hometown on my very first runt to Frisco[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThat was three years ago today, and I ain't been home in all that time since then, till now[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5] (Sing)\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow it's me and the local preacher, standing in the graveyard grass[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nStaring down at the highway, watching those big boys pass[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell he laid his hand upon me and he prayed for quite some time [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI could barely understand the words he said behind that highways whine[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6] (Spoken)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe handed me a faded photograph, he said he found it in my mama's hand[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe said , I'm afraid you and this picture were the best your mama ever had[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWell I looked down at that picture, it was Mama and some guy[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nstanding beside a semi- truck, \"just married\" written on the side[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus-Outro]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A/D[/ch]\r\nMama hated diesels so bad[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI guess I knew it was something to do with dad[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThe first time I ever seen her cry was after one of them things went by[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMama hated diesels so bad[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2] (Spoken)\n\n\n\n\nway after dark\n\nthe truckstop\n\n\n\n[Verse 3] (Spoken)\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n[Verse 4] (Spoken)\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5] (Sing)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6] (Spoken)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus-Outro]","chords":["D","G","A/D","Bm","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}