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{t:Momma Tried}
{artist:Merle Haggard}
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Merle Haggard : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loT_pYzi3Vw (Capo on 2)
Thanks Don Orgeman
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[C] The first thing I remember [F] knowing
was a [C] lonesome whistle [F] blowing
And a [C] youngun's dream of [F] growing up to [G7] ride
On a [C] freight train leaving [F] town
not [C] knowing where I'm [F] bound
And [C] no one could change my [G7] mind but Momma [C] tried
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One and only Rebel [F] child from a [C] family meek and [F] mild
My [C] momma seemed to [F] know what lay in [G7] store
Spite [C] all my Sunday [F] learning
with the [C] bad I kept on [F] turning
Till [C] momma couldn't [G7] hold me any[C] more
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And I turned twenty-one in prison doing [F] life without pa[C]role
No one could steer me right but Momma [G] tried Momma [G7] tried
Momma [C] tried to raise me better but her [F] pleading I de[C]nied
And that leaves only me to [G7] blame cause Momma [C] tried
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Dear ole' daddy rest his [F] soul left my [C] mom a heavy [F] load
She [C] tried so very [F] hard to feel his [G7] shoes
Working [C] hours without [F] rest wanted [C] me to have the [F] best
She [C] tried to raise me [G7] right but I re[C]fused
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And I turned twenty-one in prison doing [F] life without pa[C]role
No one could steer me right but Momma [G] tried Momma [G7] tried
Momma [C] tried to raise me better but her [F] pleading I de[C]nied
And that leaves only me to [G7] blame cause Momma [C] tried
