Aaron Watson – Pontiac So Tell Me Momma (Guitar)

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As recorded by Aaron Watson (2025 release) [Intro] Cmaj7 Am Em Cmaj7 Am Em [Verse 1]
           C
So tell me momma

          Am                Em
Since you say I'm just like him

              C
I've heard of all the hell he'd raise

         Am
Way back in his younger days

          Em
Still you stood by him through thick and thin

       Cmaj7                        Am
Yeah I look like him, talk like him drink like him

                   Em
Fight like him and when I smile you say I've got his grin
[Chorus]
           C               Am                Em   G Em
So tell me momma since you say I'm just like him

            F
What did he do

            G
What did he say

               C                         F
To change your mind and make you want to stay

F
All she told me she was leaving

    G
She never gave a reason

  C
I drink her off my mind

         Am
But even whiskey don't do jack

       Dm
So I'm down here on my knees

             C                 Am
Praying that she ain't leaving town

           F                    G
So tell me momma what did daddy do

                               C     Am  Em
To make you turn that Pontiac around
[Verse 2]
           C              Am                   Em
So tell me momma when the - hit the - fan that night

            C
I heard you screamed "you've had enough"

           Am
You got my sister, packed our stuff

               Em
You wiped your tears and said everything will be all right

        C
But you yelled at him

C
You cussed at him

    Am
You swore to him

Am
You're done with him

    Em
You said you'll make the bed you're sleeping in
[Chorus]
           C               Am                Em   G Em
So tell me momma since you say I'm just like him

            F
What did he do

            G
What did he say

               C                         F
To change your mind and make you want to stay

F
All she told me she was leaving

    G
She never gave a reason

  C
I drink her off my mind

         Am
But even whiskey don't do jack

       Dm
So I'm down here on my knees

             C                 Am
Praying that she ain't leaving town

           F                    G
So tell me momma what did daddy do

                               C
To make you turn that Pontiac around and round
[Bridge]
                Am
There she goes, taillights rolling

Am
Down a red dirt road

          Em
She never tapped the brakes

Em
She's long gone with the wind

C
Round and round there she goes

Am
Taillights rolling down a red dirt road

    Em
She never tapped the brakes
[Chorus]
          G
Since you say I'm just like him

            F
What did he do

            G
What did he say

               C                         F
To change your mind and make you want to stay

F
All she told me she was leaving

    G
She never gave a reason

  C
I drink her off my mind

         Am
But even whiskey don't do jack

       Dm
So I'm down here on my knees

             C                 Am
Praying that she ain't leaving town

           F                    G
So tell me momma what did daddy do

                               C     Am
To make you turn that Pontiac around
[Outro]
           F                    G
So tell me momma what did daddy do

                               C     Am
To make you turn that Pontiac around

               Em
What did daddy do

           C               Am                Em     C
So tell me momma since you say I'm just like him