Chords for Momma Tried

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[Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _
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Let me go, watch [C] me fly, been [G] big time dreamin' since I was still knee high.
Baby, I [D] don't know how we got by, mama worked [G] at the mill and daddy said goodbye.
[D] Times were tough, but we had enough, learned to live off the land and how to earn a buck.
You know I [C] can't complain, about too many [G] things in my life.
You're damn right, but mama [D] tried. _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] You're damn right, but [Dm] mama tried.
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_ [D] Ever since I was a youngin' I've been dreamin' [C] tall.
Haters on deck, wanna see me fall, but [A] you won't stop me for long.
Got [Dm] my back on the wall, [C] diggin' like [G] a dog.
Got the dirt with a [D] bone, takin' off and I'm gone.
Got my [Dm] eyes on the prize, [G] buckle up for the ride.
You bout to see me shinin', [A] mama with my behind.
[Dm] Boy, she made me a [C] man, deal me for the win.
You know we had to live off the land, [D] papa wrote it in rose, granny [Dm] cooked us a bowl.
[C] You know we never did [G] without and so the story [Dm] goes.
Played a hand you was dead, gotta know when to fold.
[G] God gave us the [D] tools and mama showed us the ropes.
Let me go, watch [C] me fly, been big time dreamin' since I was still knee high.
Baby, I [D] don't know how we got [C] by, mama worked at the mill and daddy said goodbye.
[D] Times were tough, but we had [C] enough.
Learned to live off the land and how to earn a buck.
You know I can't complain, about too many [G] things in my life.
You're damn right, [D] but mama tried. _ _
[Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] You're damn right, but [Dm] mama tried.
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_ [A] I was knee high to a [D] grasshopper, dreamin' like a [C] cash cropper.
Hustle, [G] gain, strong, I don't ever, ever plan, [A] stop.
It never did without, but [Dm] lookin' back, man, I don't know [C] how.
Kept it [G] goin', made a way, worked it like a [A] road plow.
Hopper was a woodman, [Dm] sweatin' on a [G] sawmill.
Show me how to work, Vienna [G] sausage was a [A] tall meal.
Diggin' up potatoes, [Dm] we was walkin' with the [G] tractor, granny cooked it up good.
Tea was sweet, we was happy, [D] made it happen out the dirt.
[Dm] Backyard had the beagle [C] dogs, hang them, skin [G] them, fill the freezer up.
How we [D] eatin', y'all?
Paint the picture cleanly, dawg.
Tell you how my mama [C] loves, mama tried, always made it happen like a mother does.
Let [D] me go, watch [C] me fly, been [D] big time dreamin' since I was still knee high.
Baby, I don't know how we got by.
Mama worked [G] at the mill and daddy said goodbye.
[D] Times were good, but we had [C] enough.
Learned to live off the land and how to earn a buck.
You know I can't complain, [F] about too many [G] things in my life.
You're damn right, my mama [Dm] tried. _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] You're damn right, my [Dm] mama tried.
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