Chords for "My Name Can't Be Mama", The Highwomen, Newport Folk Festival, 7/26/2019
Tempo:
104.85 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
D
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C]
[F] [C]
[G]
[C] [G] [C]
[G] [C]
[F] [C]
[F] [A]
[C] [F]
[C] My main [G] head beat, my [C] mother's a dame
I'm a child of God
It's just the [G] lessons [F] I've learned since [C] I was born
I feel I was
[G] raised in a bad [F] world
[C] I lose myself sometimes
[G] [C] [F] So my Lord, [C] I give you life
You grow up, [F] you're a sweet [G] kid in blues
[C] I'm a child of [F] [C]
God
My main head beat, [A] my mother's a dame
[D]
[G] I [D] am a little, three way
[A] [D]
[G] [D]
My [D] Lord, I give you life
I'm [A] [D]
[G] a child of God My [A] Lord
[A] [G] [E]
[D]
[F#] [E]
[F] [C]
[G]
[C] [G] [C]
[G] [C]
[F] [C]
[F] [A]
[C] [F]
[C] My main [G] head beat, my [C] mother's a dame
I'm a child of God
It's just the [G] lessons [F] I've learned since [C] I was born
I feel I was
[G] raised in a bad [F] world
[C] I lose myself sometimes
[G] [C] [F] So my Lord, [C] I give you life
You grow up, [F] you're a sweet [G] kid in blues
[C] I'm a child of [F] [C]
God
My main head beat, [A] my mother's a dame
[D]
[G] I [D] am a little, three way
[A] [D]
[G] [D]
My [D] Lord, I give you life
I'm [A] [D]
[G] a child of God My [A] Lord
[A] [G] [E]
[D]
[F#] [E]
Key:
C
G
F
D
A
C
G
F
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[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
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_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ My main [G] head beat, my [C] mother's a dame
_ _ _ _ _ I'm a child of God
_ It's just the [G] lessons [F] I've learned since [C] I was born
I feel I was _
[G] raised in a bad _ _ _ _ [F] world
_ [C] I lose myself sometimes
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] So my Lord, [C] I give you life
You grow up, [F] you're a sweet [G] kid in blues
_ [C] I'm a child of _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
God
My main head beat, [A] my mother's a dame
_ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] I [D] am a little, three way
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ My [D] Lord, I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ give you life
I'm _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] a child of God My _ [A] _ Lord _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ My main [G] head beat, my [C] mother's a dame
_ _ _ _ _ I'm a child of God
_ It's just the [G] lessons [F] I've learned since [C] I was born
I feel I was _
[G] raised in a bad _ _ _ _ [F] world
_ [C] I lose myself sometimes
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] So my Lord, [C] I give you life
You grow up, [F] you're a sweet [G] kid in blues
_ [C] I'm a child of _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
God
My main head beat, [A] my mother's a dame
_ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] I [D] am a little, three way
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ My [D] Lord, I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ give you life
I'm _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] a child of God My _ [A] _ Lord _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ [E] _ _ _