Gordon Lightfoot – Mama Said (Guitar)

Capo 2
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[INTRO:] D C D C D [VERSE 1:] Mama said, "See it through
C                           D
Don't let the night put the bite on you 
Take your time, make your plan"
C                       D
Mama said, "Son be your own best man" 
[VERSE 2:] Mama said, "Play it straight
C                      D
Do what you like, only do it up right 
Take your time, don't run wild"
C                         D
Mama said, "Son you're my one man child"
[CHORUS:]
G                     A
Mama didn't have that know-it-all way 

    Bm                        A
She lived by the book and she prayed everyday 

G                       A
Never was a time when a rhythm or rhyme 

       Bm                   G
Or the words of a song ever slipped her mind
[VERSE 3:]
D
Mama said, "Go out there

C                        D
Play at the game and you better play fair 
Make sure your song gets sung"
C                         D
Mama said, "Honey be your own big gun"
[INSTRUMENTAL:] D C D C D [CHORUS:]
G                     A
Mama didn't care when I never came home 

    Bm                           A
She learned how to cope with the end of a phone 

G                    A
Dad went away to his place in the sky 

Bm                       G
Mom said, "Son, he was a real good guy"
[VERSE 4:]
D
Mom said, "See it through

C                           D
Don't let the night put the bite on you 
Take your time, don't run wild"
C                         D
Mama said, "Son you're my one man child 
[INSTRUMENTAL:] D C D C D [CHORUS:]
G                     A
Mama didn't have that know-it-all way 

    Bm                        A
She lived by the book and she prayed everyday 

G                       A
Never was a time when a rhythm or rhyme 

       Bm                   G
Or the words of a song ever slipped her mind
[VERSE 5:]
D
Mama said, "See it through

C                           D
Don't let the night put the bite on you 
Take your time, make your plan"
C                       D
Mama said, "Son be your own best man" 
[VERSE 6:] Mama said, "Go out there
C                        D
Play at the game and you better play fair 
Take your time, don't run wild"
C                         D
Mama said, "Son you're my one man child 
Take your time, don't run wild"
C                         D
Mama said, "Son you're my one man child"
[OUTRO:] D C D C D