Tom: F
(intro)
Dsus9 Dm Dsus9 Dm
E |0------0------1------1-------0------0------1------1---------------------|
B |--3------3------3------3-------3------3------3------3-------------------|
G |----2------2-------2-----2-------2------2------2------2-----------------|
D |0----------------------------0------------------------------------------|
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(verso 1)
Dm F Bb
Mamas put your babies to sleep,
C Bb C
Story too cruelsome for them this is.
Dm F Bb
In junior high she said goodbye,
C Bb C
To her parents and ran away with a boy.
Gm F C Dm
She left her family warm and kind,
Gm F C Dm
All of her friends said "you´re out of your mind".
C Dm
Life of her own she would find,
Gm Bb A
It´s monday and she´s gotta grind.
(verso 2)
Dm F Bb
A job as a waitress she sure was to find,
C Bb C
Beautiful face, mind of a child.
Dm F Bb
Boy got her pregnant, mary-lou cried,
C Bb C
"for this i am too young oh why did you lie?"
Gm F C Dm
You said "it´s okay if we do it today",
Gm F C Dm
I was so scared that you would go away.
C Dm
"despite all the papers been signed,
Gm F A
Mama take me back be so kind".
(chorus)
Dm C F
Only a child, reckless and wild,
Bb C Dm
Needs to come home again.
C Bb F C Dm
He promised the moon but won´t marry you.
C F
Nothing to do, eating for two,
Bb C Dm
He´s goin´ out with someone new.
C Gm
Sunshine or rain, it´s all the same,
F C Dm
Life isn´t gray oh mary-lou.
(verso 3)
Dm F Bb
Mamas do your children still sleep,
C Bb C
In the safe of their cradles so sweet.
Dm F Bb
Story i told you i have foreseen,
C Bb C
Your little angel ain´t always so clean.
Gm F C Dm
Days to come aren´t easy to see,
Gm F C Dm
You can change ´em but it isn´t free.
C Dm
I see that you don´t believe,
Gm F C Dm
Ooo-oo, but you will see.
(chorus)
(solo)
(chorus 2x)
