Key: C
Introduction: G
C C/B
Perhaps it's the color of the sun cut flat
Am D
An' cov'rin' the crossroads I'm standing at,
C C/B Am F C
Or maybe it's the weather or something like that,
C G C G
But mama, you been on my mind.
C C/B
I don't mean trouble, please don't put me down or get upset,
Am D
I am not pleadin' or sayin', "I can't forget you."
C C/B Am F C
I do not walk the floor bowed down an' bent, but yet,
C G C
Mama, you been on my mind.
Verse 2 (same as verse one)