You Mama You Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Verse

G C G D)

GWhen I was young and pushed around

CAnd beaten up and beaten down

GWho'd I run to mama tell me Dwho

Verse

G C G D G)

And as I grew to be a man

And all the world held such élan

I did what I thought I just had to do

Chorus

C G D / G C G D G):

CIt was you mama you, it was you alGl along

GIt was you I ran away from I was wrDong

GAnd if I could I'd change my life

CI swear to god I'd cut it out with a knife

GAnd with a glue stick I'Dd reapply it in a soGng

Verse

G C G D G)

And laid back kerouac never no a heart attack

Drinking and thinking about the place that he ran back to

The moloch is an old man the moloch is a love-lack

Bending for a quick snack remembering his friend jack

And mama sometimes i remember you

Chorus

C G D / G C G D G):

Bridge

A♯ F G / F G F C G)

A♯Man loves Fwoman G

Mother loves child

FSometimes I call my lGady mama

FSo I can feel at Chome for a whiGle

So I can feel at home for a while

Verse

G C G D G)

Looking around at all the mellencamp towns

The excuses and the nooses where the coffee grounds

I found places and traces of a storybook world

And i went out there for a ride

On the misty coast but the holy host

Is under mickey d's american flag and it's unfurled

Chorus

C G D / G C G D G) & Bridge (A♯ F G / F G F C G)