Electric Light Orchestra – Mama (Guitar)

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Intro. C#add9 Badd9 C#add9 Badd9 C#add9 Badd9
D
Ebm7b5
A E E E E
    Badd9                           Add9
She came up from the country with a smile for everyone

    Badd9                         Add9
She left her blue horizon just to find another home

  Badd9                          Add9
A lonely girl whod traveled many days
Baad9 Add9 A lonely heart that could not find the way
    Aadd9      Abm7         F#m7
And she said, "Momma, its a hard life now youre gone"

Abm7          F#m7
Momma, its so hard to carry on

     Abm7       F#m7
And I feel Im a fool who lost it all

    Ebm7b5                      C#
You used to make it all so very clear

     Ebm7b5                            C#m
That life must go on though the end is near

Badd9        Add9                E  E  E  E
Momma, its a sad and lonely life

  Badd9                         Add9
A misty morning rider, she came wandering through the hills

  Badd9                         Add9
A wandering soul appearing over rainy window sills

  Badd9                         Add9
A loser in her heart but in her face

  Badd9                     Add9
A smile for everyone under Gods grace

    Aadd9      Abm7         F#m7
And she said, "Momma, its a hard life now youre gone"

Abm7          F#m7
Momma, its so hard to carry on

     Abm7       F#m7
And I feel Im a fool who lost it all

    Ebm7b5                      C#
You used to make it all so very clear

     Ebm7b5                            C#m
That life must go on though the end is near

Badd9        Add9                E  E  E  E
Momma, its a sad and lonely life
Fiddle Solo: Abm7 F#m7 Abm7 F#m7 Abm7 F#m7 E E E E Orchestra solo: Abm7 F#m7 Abm7 F#m7 Abm7 F#m7 Abm7 F#m7
    Aadd9      Abm7         F#m7
And she said, "Momma, its a hard life now youre gone"

Abm7          F#m7
Momma, its so hard to carry on

     Abm7       F#m7
And I feel Im a fool who lost it all

    Ebm7b5                      C#add9    Badd9
You used to make it all so very clear
C#add9 Badd9 C#add9 Badd9
D
Ebm7b5
A C#add9 Badd9 C#add9 Badd9 C#add9 Badd9
D
Ebm7b5
A E E E E
Badd9                            Add9
Midnight maiden madness, what to search for in this place?

Badd9                          Add9
Gateway to the city, night sky shadows on her face
Baad9 Add9 A lady lost in nowhere but her stare
           Badd9                    Add9
Leaves the world, her life to start somewhere

    Aadd9      Abm7         F#m7
And she said, "Momma, its a hard life now youre gone"

Abm7          F#m7
Momma, its so hard to carry on

     Abm7       F#m7
And I feel Im a fool who lost it all

    Ebm7b5                      C#
You used to make it all so very clear

     Ebm7b5                            C#m
That life must go on though the end is near

Badd9        Add9                E  E  E  E
Momma, its a sad and lonely life

Badd9        Add9
Momma, its a hard life now you’re gone

Badd9         Add9
Momma, its so hard to carry on

     Badd9      Add9
And I feel Im a fool who lost it all

    Ebm7b5                      C#
You used to make it all so very clear

     Ebm7b5                             C#add9    Badd9
That life must go on though the end is near
C#add9 Badd9 C#add9 Badd9
D
Ebm7b5
A A E E E E