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Introducción: 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 F7+
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 F7+
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 F7+
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 F7+
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 F7+
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