Tom: D
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[Intro Chords]
D D G F* D
[Verse 1]
D
'Bout ten years old, hide and seek
G D
I found me in the closet
Ready or not I stumbled on
G D
And opened up that box of
Yearbooks, letters, black and whites
G D
A hundred, maybe more
Next thing I know my brothers and me
G D
Got 'em scattered on the floor (Yeah)
D D G F* D
[Verse 2]
D
There was one of her, flippin' the bird
G D
Sittin' on a Harley
And a few with some hairy hippie dude
G D
Turns out his name was Charlie
Her hair, her clothes, her drinkin' smokin'
G D
Had us boys confused
G D
I'll never forget the day us nosey kids got introduced
[Chorus]
G D
To Mama, 'fore she was Mama
A D
In a string bikini, in Tijuana
G D
Won't admit she smoked marijuana
G A D
But I saw Mama, 'fore she was Mama
D D G F* D
[Verse 3]
D
We put that box right where it was
G D
And never said a word
But growin' up got hard just tryin'
G D
Not to picture her
In anything but aprons, dresses
G D
Mini-vans and church
Oh and Daddy would have whooped our butts
G D
For diggin' up that dirt
[Chorus]
G D
On Mama, 'fore she was Mama
A D
In a string bikini, in Tijuana
G D
Won't admit she smoked marijuana
G A G (additional riff) D A
But I saw Mama, 'fore she was Mama
D D G F* D
[Verse 4]
D
We laugh and hang it over her head
G D
Right above her halo
Her face turns red when we bring up
G D
That tie-dyed Winnebago
She runs and hides and still denies
G D
That hip high rose tattoo
She burned that box of forget-me-nots
G D
When she found out we knew
[Chorus]
G D
'Bout Mama, 'fore she was Mama
A D
In a string bikini, in Tijuana
G D
Won't admit she smoked marijuana
G A D
But that was Mama, 'fore she was Mama
G Asus2 D
And there's that one down in the Bahamas
G A D
But that was Mama, 'fore she was Mama
D D G F* D x2
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| x Dead note
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
