Mama Knows the Highway Hal Ketchum
Subject: CRD: "Mama Knows the Highway" (Hal Ketchum)
Date: 5 Mar 1994 23:15:12 GMT
Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz
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MAMA KNOWS THE HIGHWAY (recorded by Hal Ketchum)
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[Actually in A; capo 2.]
[Each chord is one measure, except two chords joined by a hyphen are one
measure total. (Em - D, G - G/F#, C - G/B, G - D)]
[Tbe cbords witb * bave tbat little mandolin part witb F# and G notes.]
G* C* G* Em - D G* C* G* Em - D
[intro]
[G] Mama knows the [C]highway by the [G]songs[G]
When she [G]hears a good one,[G] she always s[D]ings a[D]long
[G]She don't ever w[C]orry 'bout what's g[G]one[G]
She says,[G] "good country m[G]usic[D] will never steer you[G] wrong"[G]
[G]She talks to the [C]truckers with her [G]lights[G]
[G]Maybe just a little bit [A]more on Saturday [D]nights[D]
[G]She knows a g[C]ood road to [G]paradise[G]
And that's [G]just enough to [D]keep the highw[G]ay bright[G]
C C G* G*
Yeah, Mama knows the highway now by heart
[G]She [-]can [G/F#]see the [Em]rain before it st[D]arts[D]
[G]Looking clear [C/G]through a [G]windshield full of [C/G]stars
G D G* C* G* Em - D
Mama knows the highway now by heart
[G]She can tell Wy[C]oming b[G]y the w[G]ind
She can [G]tell another [G]trucker by the [G]rig that he's [D]in[D]
[G]She knows how to [C]watch the river b[G]ends[G]
[G]She knows where the r[D]eal South be[G]gins[G]
Well, Mama knows the highway now by heart
She can see the rain before it starts
Looking clear through a windshield full of stars
Mama knows the highway now by heart
[G] [guC]ita[G]r s[G]olo] [G] [G] [D] [D]
[G] [piC]ano[G] so[G]lo] [G] [D] [G] [G]
[C]She [-]can [G/B]gauge a c[Am]afe just by[G] loo[-]king [D]at the s[C]ign
[A7] Little old [A7]places always[C] share the [C]grand des[D]ign[D]
Mama knows the highway now by heart
She can see the rain before it starts
Looking clear through a windshield full of stars
G D Em* Em*
Mama knows the highway now by heart
G D G* C* G* Em - D
Mama knows the highway now by heart
G* C* G* Em - D
Mama knows the highway, yeah, yeah yeah
G* C* G* Em - D
[instrumental; repeat and fade]
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