Key: D
Introduction: D C D C D
C D
Don't let the night put the bite on you
Take your time, make your plan"
C D
Mama said, "Son be your own best man"
Mama said, "Play it straight
C D
Do what you like, only do it up right
Take your time, don't run wild"
C D
Mama said, "Son you're my one man child"
G A
Mama didn't have that know-it-all way
Bm A
She lived by the book and she prayed everyday
G A
Never was a time when a rhythm or rhyme
Bm G
Or the words of a song ever slipped her mind
D
Mama said, "Go out there
C D
Play at the game and you better play fair
Make sure your song gets sung"
C D
Mama said, "Honey be your own big gun"
G A
Mama didn't care when I never came home
Bm A
She learned how to cope with the end of a phone
G A
Dad went away to his place in the sky
Bm G
Mom said, "Son, he was a real good guy"
D
Mom said, "See it through
C D
Don't let the night put the bite on you
Take your time, don't run wild"
C D
Mama said, "Son you're my one man child
G A
Mama didn't have that know-it-all way
Bm A
She lived by the book and she prayed everyday
G A
Never was a time when a rhythm or rhyme
Bm G
Or the words of a song ever slipped her mind
D
Mama said, "See it through
C D
Don't let the night put the bite on you
Take your time, make your plan"
C D
Mama said, "Son be your own best man"
Mama said, "Go out there
C D
Play at the game and you better play fair
Take your time, don't run wild"
C D
Mama said, "Son you're my one man child
Take your time, don't run wild"
C D
Mama said, "Son you're my one man child"