Chords for Billy Joe Shaver - Sweet Mama (Live at Farm Aid 1986)

Tempo:
132.4 bpm
Chords used:

A

D

E

F#

B

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Billy Joe Shaver - Sweet Mama (Live at Farm Aid 1986) chords
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[A] [Em] [A]
Sweet mama, [E] lay your burdens [A] down.
[D] Sweet mama, lay [B] them [A] cold hands down, girl.
Now [D] come over here and I'll tell [Bm] you [A] how
[F#] truth and [G#m] [D] life are bound.
[A] Sweet mama, [E]
set your silver [A] right down.
[G] [A]
You know pride, [E] it ain't worth [C#] a U.S. [F#m] dime.
[A] No it ain't mama, [F] [G] no pride.
It ain't a worthless [G#] poor [A] man's [Em] time.
[F#] [D] It's a misery [F] [B] to [F] be [F#m] so jealous [Cm]
[C#] all [D] the [B] time.
[E] Sweet [A] mama, [E] honey, be kind to your [A] mind.
Sweet mama, [D#] [F#] [A]
[Em] [E] [A]
[D]
[A] [F#m] [D]
[Gm] [G#] [Am]
[A] [D] [A]
[E] [Bm]
[C#] [D] [D#] [A] [F#]
sweet mama, [Gm] [E] girl, now you sure [A] feeling fine.
Hey you [D] miss, I think this [Bm] is just [A] a lie.
[C]
[D] I only [F#] put [G] these [Am] words [B] into [C] this [C#] little [D] song
[A] to try to [D#] help [Em]
us get [G#] [A] along.
Sweet mama, thank you.
[G]
[Am] [D] [D#] [E]
[A]
[C] [A] [D] [B] [F#]
[A] [C]
[D] [C] [F#] Sweet mama, [G] sweet [Fm] mama.
[Am] [A#m] [D] [G] [G#] [A] [G] [D#] [E]
[G#] [A] [D#] [E]
[F#] [A] [Em]
[F#]
[B]
[C] [B] [F#] [G]
[F#] [C#] [B]
[Em] [F#m] [D] [Am]
[A]
Key:  
A
1231
D
1321
E
2311
F#
134211112
B
12341112
A
1231
D
1321
E
2311
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[A] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [A] _
Sweet mama, _ [E] lay your burdens [A] down. _ _ _ _ _
[D] Sweet _ _ mama, lay [B] them [A] cold hands down, girl. _ _ _ _
Now [D] come over here _ and I'll tell [Bm] you [A] how
_ [F#] truth and [G#m] [D] life are bound.
_ [A] Sweet mama, _ [E] _
set your silver [A] right down.
[G] _ [A] _ _
_ You know pride, [E] it ain't worth [C#] a U.S. [F#m] dime.
[A] No it ain't mama, [F] _ _ _ [G] no pride. _
It ain't a worthless [G#] poor [A] man's [Em] time. _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [D] It's a _ misery _ [F] [B] to [F] be [F#m] so jealous [Cm]
[C#] all [D] the [B] time.
[E] Sweet [A] mama, [E] honey, be kind to your [A] mind.
Sweet mama, [D#] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [G#] _ [Am] _
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[C#] _ _ [D] _ [D#] _ [A] _ _ [F#] _
sweet mama, [Gm] [E] girl, now you sure [A] feeling fine. _ _ _ _
Hey you [D] miss, _ I think this [Bm] is just [A] a lie.
_ _ _ _ [C] _
[D] I _ only [F#] put [G] these [Am] words [B] into [C] this [C#] little [D] song _
[A] to try to [D#] help [Em] _
us get [G#] [A] along.
Sweet mama, thank you.
_ [G] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _ [D#] _ [E] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ [A] _ [D] _ [B] _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ [F#] Sweet mama, [G] sweet [Fm] mama.
[Am] _ _ _ [A#m] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ [G#] _ [A] _ _ [G] _ [D#] _ [E] _
_ _ [G#] _ [A] _ _ _ [D#] _ [E] _
_ [F#] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[C] _ [B] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [C#] _ [B] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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