Metallica

Metallica - Mama Said Acoustic guitar tab

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/Metallica / This is a very beautiful song that sounds great even when

/Mama Said / it's played acoustic on a old and inferior Spanish

/Load / guitar..:p It was first when I started doing this tab, I

/__________/ realized what the lyrics were about, and I admit that I dropped a few tears...

Tuning: Half-step down - but you can play it in standard tuning as well.

Chords Used: Dm Dsus4 C Asus4 Am Asus2 Bb G F

---1-----3-----0-----0-----0-----0-----1-----3-----1---

---3-----3-----1-----3-----1-----0-----3----0/3----1---

---2-----2-----0-----2-----2-----2-----3-----0-----2---

---0-----0-----2-----2-----2-----2-----3-----0-----3---

---x-----x-----3-----0-----0-----0-----1-----2-----3---

---x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----3-----1---

Riff-1

Dm Dsus4 Dm C Am Asus2

Eb||-1---1--1-1-3--3-1----1-|-0----0--0--0--0--0-0---|

Bb||-3---3--3-3-3--3-3----3-|-1----1--1--1--1--0-0h1-|

Gb||-2---2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2-|-0----0--2--2--2--2-2---|

Db||-0---0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-|-2--2-2--2--2--2--2-2---|

Ab||------------------------|-3--3-3--0--0--0--0-0---|

Eb||------------------------|------------------------|

Dm Dsus4 Dm C Am Asus4

|-1-----1--1-1-3--3-1----1-|-0----0--0--0----0--0-0-||

|-3-----3--3-3-3--3-3----3-|-1----1--1--1----1--3-3-||

|-2---2-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2-|-0----0--2--2----2--2-2-||

|-0---0-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-|-2--2-2--2--2--2-2--2-2-||

|--------------------------|-3--3-3--0--0--0-0--0-0-||

|--------------------------|------------------------||

Riff-2

Dm C Am G

Eb||-1---0---0---3---3----3--3-3-3--3-3-|-------|

Bb||-3---1---1---0---0----3--3-3-3--3-3-|-play--|

Gb||-2---0---2---0---0----0--0-0-0--0-0-|-this--|

Db||-0---2---2---0---0----0--0-0-0--0-0-|-three-|

Ab||-----3---0---2---2--2-2--2-2-2--2-2-|-times-|

Eb||-------------3---3--3-3--3-3-3--3-3-|-------|

Dm C Bb G Am Asus2

|-1---0---1---3---0---0--0---0--0---||

|-3---1---3---3---1---1--1---1--0h1-||

|-2---0---3---0---2---2--2---2--2---||

|-0---2---3---0---2---2--2-2--------||

|-----3---1---2---0---0--0-0--------||

|-------------3---------------------||

Riff-3

Dm G C F

Eb||-1----1--3--3--3-3--|-0----0--1--1----1-1-|-------|

Bb||-3----3--0--0--3-3--|-1----1--1--1----1-1-|-play--|

Gb||-2--2-2--0--0--0-0--|-0----0--2--2----2-2-|-this--|

Db||-0--0-0--0--0--0----|-2--2-2--3--3--3-3-3-|-four--|

Ab||---------2--2--2----|-3--3-3--3--3--3-3-3-|-times-|

Eb||---------3--3--3----|---------1--1--1-1-1-|-------|

Dm C Bb G Am Asus2

|-1---0---1---3---0---0--0---0--0---||

|-3---1---3---3---1---1--1---1--0h1-||

|-2---0---3---0---2---2--2---2--2---||

|-0---2---3---0---2---2--2-2--------||

|-----3---1---2---0---0--0-0--------||

|-------------3---------------------||

INTRO, riff-1:

Dm Dsus4 Dm C Am Asus2

Dm Dsus4 Dm C Am Asus4

1st VERSE, riff-1:

Dm Dsus4 Dm

Mama, she has taught me well

C Am Asus2

Told me when I was young

Dm Dsus4 Dm

Son, your life's an open book

C Am Asus4

Don't close it 'fore it's done

Dm Dsus4 Dm

The brightest flame burns quickest

C Am Asus2

Is what I heard her say

Dm Dsus4 Dm

A son's heart sewed to mother

C Am

But I must find my way

CHORUS, riff-2:

Dm C Am G

Let my heart go

Dm C Am G

Let your son grow

Dm C Am G

Mama, let my heart go

Dm C Bb G Am Asus2

Or let this heart be still

2nd VERSE, riff-1:

Dm Dsus4 Dm

Rebel my new last name

C Am Asus2

Wild blood in my veins

Dm Dsus4 D

Apron strings around my neck

C Am Asus4

The mark that still remains

Dm Dsus4 Dm

Left home at an early age

C Am Asus4

Of what I heard was wrong

Dm Dsus4 D

I never asked forgiveness

C Am

But what is said is done

CHORUS, riff-2 (last line ends on Asus4 instead of Asus2):

Dm C Am G

Let my heart go

Dm C Am G

Let your son grow

Dm C Am G

Mama, let my heart go

Dm C Bb G Am Asus4

Or let this heart be still

BRIDGE, riff-3:

Dm G

Never I ask of you

C F

But never I gave

Dm G

But you gave me your emptiness

C F

I now take to my grave

Dm G

Never I ask of you

C F

But never I gave

Dm G

But you gave me your emptiness

C F

I now take to my grave

Dm C Bb G Am Asus2

So let this heart be still

3rd VERSE, riff-1:

Dm Dsus4 Dm

Mama, now I'm coming home

C Am Asus2

I'm not all you wished of me

Dm Dsus4 Dm

A mother's love for her son

C Am Asus2

Spoken, help me be

Dm Dsus4 Dm

Well, I took your love for granted

C Am Asus4

And all the things you said to me

Dm Dsus4 Dm

I need your arms to welcome me

C Am

But, a cold stone's all I see

CHORUS, riff-1 (last line ends on Asus4 instead of Asus2):

Dm C Am G

Let my heart go

Dm C Am G

Let your son grow

Dm C Am G

Mama, let my heart go

Dm C Bb G Am Asus4

Or let this heart be still

CHORUS, riff-1:

Dm C Am G

Let my heart go

Dm C Am G

Mama, let my heart go

Dm C Am G

You never let my heart go

Dm C Bb G Am

So let this heart be still

ENDING, riff-3 (last line fades out on Am):

Dm G

Never I ask of you

C F

But never I gave

Dm G

But you gave me your emptiness

C F

I now take to my grave

Dm G

Never I ask of you

C F

But never I gave

Dm G

But you gave me your emptiness

C F

I now take to my grave

Dm C Bb G Am

So let this heart be still

Mail me at Maitinin@hotmail.com for comments or corrections, and don't mind

the bad English, I'm from Denmark...

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