NOTE: The intro and first verse will sound more accurate
to the recording when played partially as bar chords,
but can be still be played either way.
Ex:(OPTIONAL FOR BOTH INTRO AND FIRST VERSE)
transition
Em B Am B G note Em B Em
e|-7-| e|-7-| e|-5-| e|-7-| e|-3-| e|-x-| e|-0-| e|-7-| e|-7-|
B|-8-| B|-7-| B|-5-| B|-7-| B|-3-| B|-x-| B|-0-| B|-7-| B|-8-|
G|-9-| G|-8-| G|-5-| G|-8-| G|-4-| G|-x-| G|-0-| G|-8-| G|-9-|
D|-9-| D|-9-| D|-7-| D|-9-| D|-5-| D|-x-| D|-2-| D|-9-| D|-9-|
A|-7-| A|-9-| A|-7-| A|-9-| A|-5-| A|-x-| A|-2-| A|-9-| A|-7-|
E|-x-| E|-7-| E|-5-| E|-7-| E|-3-| E|-2-| E|-0-| E|-7-| E|-x-|
Intro
Em B Am B G Em B Em
Verse 1
Em
Mama, we all go to hell.
Em B
Mama, we all go to hell.
Am B G Em
I'm writing this letter and wishing you well,
Em B Em
Mama, we all go to hell.
Verse 2
Em
Oh, well, now,
Em
Mama, we're all gonna die.
Em B
Mama, we're all gonna die.
Am B G Em
Stop asking me questions, I'd hate to see you cry,
Em B Em
Mama, we're all gonna die.
Chorus:
C
And when we go don't blame us, yeah.
D G C
We'll let the fires just bathe us, yeah.
C F
You made us, oh, so famous.
B Em D G
We'll never let you go-ooh-ooh.
G Am B Em
And when you go don't return to me my love.
Verse 3
Em
Mama, we're all full of lies.
Em B
Mama, we're meant for the flies.
Am B G Em
And right now they're building a coffin your size,
Em B Em
Mama, we're all full of lies.
Bridge
Em
Well Mother, what the war did to my legs and to my tongue,
Em
You should've raised a baby girl,
B
I should've been a better son.
Am B
If you could coddle the infection
G Em
They can amputate at once.
Em
You should've been,
B Em
I could have been a better son.
Chorus:
C D
And when we go don't blame us, yeah.
D G C
We'll let the fires just bathe us, yeah.
C F
You made us, oh, so famous.
B Em D G
We'll never let you go-ooh-ooh.
C D
She said: “you ain’t no son of mine
D G C
For what you’ve done they’re gonna find
C F
A place for you and just you mind
B Em D G
your manners when you go-ooh-ooh.
G Am B Em
And when you go don't return to me my love.”
That’s right
Verse 4
Em
Mama, we all go to hell.
Em B
Mama, we all go to hell.
Am B
It's really quite pleasant
G Em
Except for the smell,
Em B Em
Mama, we all go to hell.
2 - 3 - 4
Em
B Am B Am B Am B
Mama! Mama! Mama! Ohhh!
Em
B Am B Am B Am B
Mama! Mama! Mama! Ma...
Em
And if you would call me your sweetheart,
Em Am B
I'd maybe then sing you a song
Am B G Em
But the shit that I've done with this fuck of a gun,
Em Am B
You would cry out your eyes all along.
Em
We're damned after all.
Em Am B
Through fortune and flame we fall.
Am B G Em
And if you can stay then I'll show you the way,
Em Am B
To return from the ashes you call.
Em
We all carry on
Em Am B
When our brothers in arms are gone
Am B
So raise your glass high
G Em
For tomorrow we die,
Em B Em
And return from the ashes you call!
Outro:
Em B Am B G Em B Em
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