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Song:	Mama Said
Artist: MetallicA
Album:	LoaD
Rel:	1996


Tune down a 1/2 step.

DmDm Piano Chord 
   Dmsus4   Dmsus2   CC Piano Chord 
    AmAm Piano Chord 
  Amsus4Amsus4 Piano Chord 
   GG Piano Chord 
    FF Piano Chord 
   BbBb Piano Chord 

e--1------3---------0------0----0-----0------3----1----1--
b--3------3---------3------1----1-----3------0----1----3--
g--2------2---------2------0----2-----2------0----2----3--
d--0------0---------0------2----2-----2------0----3----3--
a--x------x---------x------3----0-----0------2----3----1--
e--x------x---------x------x----x-----x------3----1----x--

Intro:

DmDm Piano Chord 
     CC Piano Chord 
     AmAm Piano Chord 


*Verse*

DmDm Piano Chord 

Mama she has taught me well
CC Piano Chord 
                AmAm Piano Chord 

Told me when I was young
DmDm Piano Chord 

Son your life's an open book
CC Piano Chord 
                    AmAm Piano Chord 

Don't close it before it's done
DmDm Piano Chord 

The brightest flame burns quickest
CC Piano Chord 
               AmAm Piano Chord 

Thats what I heard her say
DD Piano Chord 

The son's heart's owed to mother
CC Piano Chord 
             AmAm Piano Chord 

But I must find my way....

*Chorus*

DmDm Piano Chord 
  CC Piano Chord 
  AmAm Piano Chord 
    GG Piano Chord 

Let my heart go
DmDm Piano Chord 
  CC Piano Chord 
    AmAm Piano Chord 
  GG Piano Chord 

Let your son grow
DmDm Piano Chord 
  CC Piano Chord 
  AmAm Piano Chord 
    GG Piano Chord 

Mama let my heart go
DmDm Piano Chord 
   CC Piano Chord 
   BbBb Piano Chord 
    GG Piano Chord 
  AmAm Piano Chord 

Mama let this heart be still.

*Intro again*

*Verse 2*

DmDm Piano Chord 

Remember my new last name
CC Piano Chord 
                AmAm Piano Chord 

Wild blood in my veins
DmDm Piano Chord 

Draping the strings around my neck
CC Piano Chord 
              AmAm Piano Chord 

The mark that still remains
DmDm Piano Chord 

Left home at an early age
CC Piano Chord 
              AmAm Piano Chord 

of what I heard was wrong (?)
DmDm Piano Chord 

I never asked forgiveness
CC Piano Chord 
             AmAm Piano Chord 

For what is said is done....

*Chorus*

DmDm Piano Chord 
  CC Piano Chord 
  AmAm Piano Chord 
    GG Piano Chord 

Let my heart go
DmDm Piano Chord 
  CC Piano Chord 
    AmAm Piano Chord 
  GG Piano Chord 

Let your son grow
DmDm Piano Chord 
  CC Piano Chord 
  AmAm Piano Chord 
    GG Piano Chord 

Mama let my heart go
DmDm Piano Chord 
   CC Piano Chord 
   BbBb Piano Chord 
    GG Piano Chord 
  AmAm Piano Chord 

Mama let this heart be still.

*Bridge*

DmDm Piano Chord 
      GG Piano Chord 

Never I asked of you
CC Piano Chord 
          FF Piano Chord 

but never I gave
DmDm Piano Chord 
                  GG Piano Chord 

But you gave me your emptiness
CC Piano Chord 
                 FF Piano Chord 

that I'll take to my grave
DmDm Piano Chord 
      GG Piano Chord 

Never I asked of you
CC Piano Chord 
          FF Piano Chord 

but never I gave
DmDm Piano Chord 
              GG Piano Chord 

But you gave me your emptiness
CC Piano Chord 
         FF Piano Chord 

that I'll take to my grave
DmDm Piano Chord 
   CC Piano Chord 
   BbBb Piano Chord 
    GG Piano Chord 
  AmAm Piano Chord 

So let this heart be still.

*Verse 3*

DmDm Piano Chord 

Mama now I'm coming home
CC Piano Chord 
               AmAm Piano Chord 

I'm not all you wished of me
DmDm Piano Chord 

A mother's love for her son
CC Piano Chord 
            AmAm Piano Chord 

was spoken heavily(?)
DmDm Piano Chord 

yeah I took your love for granted
CC Piano Chord 
                AmAm Piano Chord 

and all the things you said to me
DmDm Piano Chord 

I need your arms to welcome me
CC Piano Chord 
                AmAm Piano Chord 

That cold stone's all I see.....

*Chorus*

DmDm Piano Chord 
  CC Piano Chord 
  AmAm Piano Chord 
    GG Piano Chord 

Let my heart go
DmDm Piano Chord 
  CC Piano Chord 
    AmAm Piano Chord 
  GG Piano Chord 

Let your son grow
DmDm Piano Chord 
  CC Piano Chord 
  AmAm Piano Chord 
    GG Piano Chord 

Mama let my heart go
DmDm Piano Chord 
   CC Piano Chord 
   BbBb Piano Chord 
    GG Piano Chord 
  AmAm Piano Chord 

Mama let this heart be still.
DmDm Piano Chord 
  CC Piano Chord 
   AmAm Piano Chord 
   DmDm Piano Chord 

Let my heart go
DmDm Piano Chord 
  CC Piano Chord 
   AmAm Piano Chord 
   DmDm Piano Chord 

Mama let my heart go
DmDm Piano Chord 
  CC Piano Chord 
   AmAm Piano Chord 
   DmDm Piano Chord 

You never let my heart go
DmDm Piano Chord 
   CC Piano Chord 
   BbBb Piano Chord 
    GG Piano Chord 
  AmAm Piano Chord 

Mama let this heart be still.

*Bridge*

(solo over Dm G C F twice)

DmDm Piano Chord 
      GG Piano Chord 

Never I asked of you
CC Piano Chord 
          FF Piano Chord 

but never I gave
DmDm Piano Chord 
                  GG Piano Chord 

But you gave me your emptiness
CC Piano Chord 
                 FF Piano Chord 

that I'll take to my grave
DmDm Piano Chord 
      GG Piano Chord 

Never I asked of you
CC Piano Chord 
          FF Piano Chord 

but never I gave
DmDm Piano Chord 
              GG Piano Chord 

But you gave me your emptiness
CC Piano Chord 
         FF Piano Chord 

that I'll take to my grave
DmDm Piano Chord 
   CC Piano Chord 
   BbBb Piano Chord 
    GG Piano Chord 
  AmAm Piano Chord 

So let this heart be still.

Here's that riff you all love:
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