{"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":1970433,"song":"Mama","artist":"The Collection","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11440684-mama-chords-by-the-collection/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1970433?type=chord","rating":4.84637,"votes":12,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]            [ch]Gm[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nMama, I know you cannot let go[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nThe weight that I have placed upon your scales[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIs more than they were meant to hold[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]            [ch]Gm[/ch]                      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBut steady is the hand that leads me home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nI’ve never known its plan, but I’m still grasping[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTo the other end of its rope[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nLike you [x2][/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]Gm[/ch]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nLately you just speak in words that broke[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]Gm[/ch]           \r\nEventually the shards will break apart[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nUntil they start in to make you choke[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Gm[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAll of us were once baptized in hope[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nHoly water that you gathered from the father[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nUntil it started coming out of your throat[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]     \r\nAnd you felt it like a bad dream[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut I watched it like a movie screen[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDifferent eyes can see the same thing and not realize what it means[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]          [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nOh, Lord, where did I go wrong?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nA cut cord?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nA kettle left too long?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]                            [ch]Gm[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut you won’t answer any prayers when I’m alone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nPerfume words from alabaster songs[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch] \r\nAnd tales of hurt described by fiery tongues[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]                            [ch]Gm[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut you won’t answer any prayers when I’m alone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                                  [[ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]] x2\r\nWhy don't you come back like when I was young?  [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]            [ch]Gm[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nMama, I know you cannot let go[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nThough we have both been rowing toward the ocean[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIt seems our motions split some time ago[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Gm[/ch]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nShaky are the hands with which we row[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nThe way the rapids turn the land to sand[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nFeels like a steady plan to take us home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou felt it like an ending[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut I watched it like a new scene[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDifferent ears can hear the same thing and not agree on what it means[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]          [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nOh, Lord, where did I go wrong?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nA cut cord?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nA kettle left too long?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]                            [ch]Gm[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut you won’t answer any prayers when I’m alone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nPerfume words from alabaster songs[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch] \r\nAnd tales of hurt described by fiery tongues[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]                            [ch]Gm[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut you won’t answer any prayers when I’m alone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                                  [[ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]] x2\r\nWhy don't you come back like when I was young?    [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nLike You [/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nF  Gm  Dm\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["F","Gm","Dm","Bb","C","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}