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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:
---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
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||------------------------|------------------------|
|-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
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-|-------|
|-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
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-|-------|
|-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:
1st VERSE, riff-1:
Mama, she has taught me well
Told me when I was young
Son, your life's an open book
Don't close it 'fore it's done
The brightest flame burns quickest
Is what I heard her say
A son's heart sewed to mother
But I must find my way
CHORUS, riff-2:
Let my heart go
Let your son grow
Mama, let my heart go
Or let this heart be still
2nd VERSE, riff-1:
Rebel my new last name
Wild blood in my veins
Apron strings around my neck
The mark that still remains
Left home at an early age
Of what I heard was wrong
I never asked forgiveness
But what is said is done
riff-2 (last line ends on instead of Asus2):
Let my heart go
Let your son grow
Mama, let my heart go
Or let this heart be still
BRIDGE, riff-3:
Never I ask of you
But never I gave
But you gave me your emptiness
I now take to my grave
Never I ask of you
But never I gave
But you gave me your emptiness
I now take to my grave
So let this heart be still
3rd VERSE, riff-1:
Mama, now I'm coming home
I'm not all you wished of me
A mother's love for her son
Spoken, help me be
Well, I took your love for granted
And all the things you said to me
I need your arms to welcome me
But, a cold stone's all I see
riff-1 (last line ends on instead of Asus2):
Let my heart go
Let your son grow
Mama, let my heart go
Or let this heart be still
CHORUS, riff-1:
Let my heart go
Mama, let my heart go
You never let my heart go
So let this heart be still
ENDING, riff-3 (last line fades out on Am):
Never I ask of you
But never I gave
But you gave me your emptiness
I now take to my grave
Never I ask of you
But never I gave
But you gave me your emptiness
I now take to my grave
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...