Sweet Mama Chords by Van Zant

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I was raised on a west side shantytown I didn't get up until the sun went down
When your back's against a wall you better get up
Learn real quick how to swing and duck [Db] I was born in the street all for [Bb] the [Ab] sunshine
_ Lookin' when the backwoods and moon shine [Eb] Learn more about life on the streets than
in the school [Ab] _ Sweet mama didn't [Eb] raise no fool That's right _ _ _ _ _
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Some folks cheat and some [Eb] folks [Abm] lie But I can judge a man by the look in his eye
Don't hammer jack, try to call a club I know the difference between shit and [C]
shine
I [Db] was born in the street all for the [Ab] sunshine Lookin' when the backwoods and moon shine
[Eb] Learn more about life on the streets than in the school
[Ab] My sweet mama didn't raise no fool
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_ [Ab] Mama _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Ab] Mama was no angel but she taught me right from wrong
She knew every single word and every note and every song
She taught me how to gamble and how to roll the dice
If it makes you feel [Eb] good do it don't think twice
[Db] I was born in the street all for the [Ab] sunshine Lookin' when the backwoods and moon shine
[Eb] Learn more about life on the streets than in the school
[Ab] My sweet mama [Eb] didn't raise no fool
[Db] I was born in the street all for the [Ab] sunshine Lookin' when the backwoods and moon shine
[Eb] Learn more about life on the streets than in the school
[C] My sweet mama didn't raise no [Ab] fool
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_ _ _ _ [Ab] no fool [Eb] Sweet _ _ _ _ mama _
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_ _ _ That's no [Ab] fool _
Sweet _ _ _ _ mama
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_ Sweet mama
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