Jimmie Rodgers – Mean Mama Blues (Guitar)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
[Intro]
| F | F7 | F7 | C |
| C | A7 | D7 G7 | C |
| C | G7 | C7 | G7 | (Brassband)
[Verse 1]
C C7 For weary weeks I waited and hoping for the best F C G7 C But blues will make me ramble and the rails are leading west C7 F F7 C I'm feeling awful lonesome, pleasure I can't find C7 A7 D7 G7 C7 I'm leaving you Mean Mama, just to worry you off o' my mind
[Break]
| C F | F | F | C |
| C | G7 | G7 | C |
| C | C | (yodel)
[Verse 2]
C7 That old gang kindly whispers, just fall in line and smile F7 C Mean Mama haunts me and I crave the peace of miles F F7 C7 I don't know where I'm going, I'm feeling kinda quare C C7 A7 D7 G7 C7 I've been from several places and I'm going to be from here
[Break]
| C7 G7 | C | C | C7 |
| C7 | F7 | F7 | F C |
| C | F7 | F7 | F7 |
| C7 | C | A7 | D7 G7 | C7 G7 | (brassband)
[Verse 3]
C C7 Seems there's something missing, there's feelings in my breast F C C7 I crave to cover distance, so Mean Mama give me wrest F F7 C7 I hear the rails a-singing, the sky is clear and blue C C7 A7 D7 G7 C7 I'm going to leave you mama, when the train comes rolling through
[Break]
| F7 | F7 | F7 | C7 |
| C | A7 | D7 G7 | C7 | (honky tonk piano)
[Verse 4]
C C7 No money in my pocket, I'm roving around so flat F7 F C And soon I'll be strolling, down that railroad track C7 F F7 C And when I'm miles away, riding all the while A7 D7 G7 C I'll think of you Mean Mama, I think of you and smile
[Outro]
| G7 | G7 | C7 | C | (yodel)