Introduction: C
C
F
F#º7
C/G
C
C
F
F#º7
C/G
G#º7 Am
C
E7
Perhaps it's the color of the sun cut flat
Am
D7/F#
An' cov'rin' the crossroads I'm standing at
C
C/B
Am
C/G
F7M
Or maybe it's the weather or something like that
C/G
G6
C
But mama you been on my mind.
C
E7
I don't mean trouble please don't put me down or get upset
Am
D7/F#
I am not pleadin' or sayin' "I can't forget."
C
C/B
Am
C/G
F7M
I do not walk the floor bowed down an' bent but yet
C/G
G6
C
Mama you been on my mind.
C
Even though my mind is hazy an' my thoughts they might be narrow
E7/B
Am
D7/F#
Where you been don't bother me nor bring me down in sorrow.
C
C/B
Am
C/B
F7M
It don't even matter to me where you're wakin' up tomorrow
F#º7
C
G6
C
But mama you're just on my mind.
C
E7/B
I am not askin' you to say words like "yes" or "no"
Am
D7/F#
Please understand me I got no place for you t' go.
C
C/B
Am
F7M
I'm just breathin' to myself pretendin' not that I don't know
C/G
G6
C
Mama you been on my mind.
C
E7
Am
D7/F#
C/G
C/B
Am
F
F#º7
C/G
G6
C
G
G7
C
When you wake up in the mornin' baby look inside your mirror.
E7
Am
Am/G
D7/F#
You know I won't be next to you you know I won't be near.
C
F7M
I'd just be curious to know if you can see yourself as clear
F#º7
C/G
G7
C
G
G7
C
As someone who has had you on his mind