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Fore She Was Mama

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

Asterisks (*) denote chords that get a single strum;
              the F* in the instrumental interlude is just one quick strum that mimics the bass line.
[Intro Tab]
e|--------------------------------------0-x--------------------------------------------|
B|-1h3-3-3-3--1h3-3-3---------------------3---1h3-3-3-3--1h3-3-3--------------------3--|
G|-----------------------0--0-0-0-4p2------------------------------0--0-0-0-4p2--------|
D|--------------------3------------------------------------------3---------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Intro Chords]
    D      D    G  F* D  
[Verse 1]
D'Bout ten years old, hide and seek
I Gfound me in the Dcloset
Ready or not I stumbled on
And Gopened up that Dbox of
Yearbooks, letters, black and whites
A Ghundred, maybe Dmore
Next thing I know my brothers and me
Got 'em Gscattered on the Dfloor (Yeah)
    D      D    G  F* D  
[Verse 2]
DThere was one of her, flippin' the bird
GSittin' on a DHarley
And a few with some hairy hippie dude
Turns Gout his name was DCharlie
Her hair, her clothes, her drinkin' smokin'
GHad us boys Dconfused
I'll never forget the day us nosey Gkids got Dintroduced
[Chorus]
GTo Mama, 'fore she was DMama
In a string Abikini, in DTijuana
GWon't admit she smoked Dmarijuana
But I saw GMama, A'fore she was DMama
    D      D    G  F* D  
[Verse 3]
DWe put that box right where it was
And Gnever said a Dword
But growin' up got hard just tryin'
GNot to picture Dher
In anything but aprons, dresses
GMini-vans and Dchurch
Oh and Daddy would have whooped our butts
For Gdiggin' up that Ddirt
[Chorus]
GOn Mama, 'fore she was DMama
In a string Abikini, in DTijuana
GWon't admit she smoked Dmarijuana
              G                A   G(additional riff)       D  A  
But I saw Mama, 'fore she was Mama
    D      D    G  F* D  
[Verse 4]
DWe laugh and hang it over her head
GRight above her Dhalo
Her face turns red when we bring up
That Gtie-dyed WinnebaDgo
She runs and hides and still denies
That Ghip high rose Dtattoo
She burned that box of forget-me-nots
When Gshe found out we Dknew
[Chorus]
G'Bout Mama, 'fore she was DMama
In a string Abikini, in DTijuana
GWon't admit she smoked Dmarijuana
But that was GMama, A'fore she was DMama
And there's that Gone Asus2down in the BaDhamas
But that was GMama, A'fore she was DMama
    D      D    G  F*   Dx2
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| x  Dead note
| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off
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Fore She Was Mama

by Clay Walker

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Chords in this song · guitar

Asus2

Asterisks (*) denote chords that get a single strum;

the F* in the instrumental interlude is just one quick strum that mimics the bass line.

[Intro Tab]

e|--------------------------------------0-x--------------------------------------------|

B|-1h3-3-3-3--1h3-3-3---------------------3---1h3-3-3-3--1h3-3-3--------------------3--|

G|-----------------------0--0-0-0-4p2------------------------------0--0-0-0-4p2--------|

D|--------------------3------------------------------------------3---------------------|

A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Intro Chords]

D D G F D

[Verse 1]

'Bout ten years old, hide and seek

G D

I found me in the closet

Ready or not I stumbled on

G D

And opened up that box of

Yearbooks, letters, black and whites

G D

A hundred, maybe more

Next thing I know my brothers and me

G D

Got 'em scattered on the floor (Yeah)

D D G F D

[Verse 2]

There was one of her, flippin' the bird

G D

Sittin' on a Harley

And a few with some hairy hippie dude

G D

Turns out his name was Charlie

Her hair, her clothes, her drinkin' smokin'

G D

Had us boys confused

G D

I'll never forget the day us nosey kids got introduced

[Chorus]

G D

To Mama, 'fore she was Mama

A D

In a string bikini, in Tijuana

G D

Won't admit she smoked marijuana

G A D

But I saw Mama, 'fore she was Mama

D D G F D

[Verse 3]

We put that box right where it was

G D

And never said a word

But growin' up got hard just tryin'

G D

Not to picture her

In anything but aprons, dresses

G D

Mini-vans and church

Oh and Daddy would have whooped our butts

G D

For diggin' up that dirt

[Chorus]

G D

On Mama, 'fore she was Mama

A D

In a string bikini, in Tijuana

G D

Won't admit she smoked marijuana

G A G D A

(additional riff)

But I saw Mama, 'fore she was Mama

D D G F D

[Verse 4]

We laugh and hang it over her head

G D

Right above her halo

Her face turns red when we bring up

G D

That tie-dyed Winnebago

She runs and hides and still denies

G D

That hip high rose tattoo

She burned that box of forget-me-nots

G D

When she found out we knew

[Chorus]

G D

'Bout Mama, 'fore she was Mama

A D

In a string bikini, in Tijuana

G D

Won't admit she smoked marijuana

G A D

But that was Mama, 'fore she was Mama

G Asus2 D

And there's that one down in the Bahamas

G A D

But that was Mama, 'fore she was Mama

D D G F D

* x2

************************************

| x Dead note

| h Hammer-on

| p Pull-off

************************************

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