Mama Said

[Intro]
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B G#m

[Verse 1]
C#m
Mama she has taught me well
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Told me when I was   young
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"Son your life's an open book
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Don't close it 'fore it's done"
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"The brightest flame burns quickest"
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That's what I heard her say
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A son's heart's owed to mother
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But I must find my way

[Chorus]
C#m B  G#m   F#
Let my heart go
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Let  your son    grow
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Mama, let my heart go
   C#m B    A     F# G#m
Or let this heart be still
G#m
Yeah, still

[Pre-Verse]
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[Verse 2]
C#m
Rebel, my new last name
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Wild blood in my veins
C#m
Apron strings around my neck
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The mark that still remains
C#m
Left home at an early age
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Of what I heard was wrong
  C#m
I never asked forgiveness
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But what is said is done

[Chorus]
C#m B  G#m   F#
Let my heart go
C#m B    E7M/G# F#
Let your son    grow
      C#m B  G#m   F#
Mama, let my heart go
   C#m B    A     F# G#m
Or let this heart be still

[Bridge]
C#m     F#
Never I ask of you
    B       E
But never I gave
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But you gave me your emptiness I now take to my grave
C#m     F#
Never I ask of you
    B       E
But never I gave
        C#m          F#              B          E
But you gave me your emptiness I now take to my grave
   C#m B    A     F# G#m
So let this heart be still

[Verse 3]
C#m
Mama, now I'm coming home
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I'm not all you wished of me
  C#m
A mother's love for her son
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Unspoken, and helped me be 
        C#m
Yeah, I took your love for granted
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And all the things you said to me
C#m
I  need your arms to welcome me
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But, a cold stone's all I  see

[Chorus]
             F#
Let my heart go
C#m B    E7M/G# F#
Let your son    grow
      C#m B  G#m   F#
Mama, let my heart go
   C#m B    A     F# G#m
Or let this heart be still
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Let my heart go 
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Mama, let my heart       go 
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You never let my heart go 
   C#m B    A     F# G#m
So let this heart be still

[Outro]
C#m F# B E C#m F# B E
C#m     F#
Never I ask of you
    B       E
But never I gave
        C#m          F#              B          E
But you gave me your emptiness I now take to my grave
C#m     F#
Never I ask of you
    B       E
But never I gave
        C#m          F#              B          E
But you gave me your emptiness I now take to my grave
   C#m B    A     F# G#m
So let this heart be still