MissouriPicker Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 (edited) During all this lockdown crap I've been working on songs. Stealing ideas and lines from old song I never completed and finding places for them to fit by kind of going a different direction. Anyway, this is called "Mama." Recorded straight in to my IPAD. MAMA.........written by Larry Garrett Ma(C9)ma, I left at an early (Am) age. (C) I guess, just a young man’s (Dm)rage. (G) (F) You and daddy begged me to stay, (C)But I had to do things my own way. (G) Mama, my pride took center (C) stage. Mama, I rarely came back home. Hardly ever called you on the phone. And I wasn’t there when Daddy died. Who’d of believed my excuses and lies? Mama, it was easier to roam. CHORUS....... (Dm) Mama, it’s twenty years since Daddy (C) died, and (G) now again you’re at (C) his side. And (Dm) Mama, I’m feelin’ (Am) blue. (G) Wish I’d spent more time with (Em) Daddy and (C) you. Instrumental...... Daddy used to say, “Son, you can always come back home.” Mama, but it’s been so damn long. Mama, and I’ve been so damn wrong. But, what do you do with guys like me? I create my own misery. Mama, time for me to move along. CHORUS........ Edited October 22, 2020 by MissouriPicker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisrownSal Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Oh brother MP... well done. Welllll done. Loved it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 I really liked this song. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
62burst Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 man. I need a moment. That's what I get for expecting a recounting of a lunch down at the diner in Mayberry, but getting this instead. A change of guitars has been known to inspire. . . a Montana beauty you've got there, but the impact would've been the same if played on a cereal box guitar. maybe a little cameo appearance of your four-legged pal at the end would've snapped me out of it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave F Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Nice song, nice performance. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted October 23, 2020 Author Share Posted October 23, 2020 Thanks for all the kind words. This song tends to be about a cousin of mine who drifted away from the family back in the late 60’s. Aside from seeing him at a few funerals, most of us had little contact with him. Don’t know where he is or what happened to him.>..........It’s true that a guitar can inspire you to write. Playing the J200 the last several days led me to new lines, melodies and directions. All my guitars can inspire me. This time it’s the J200. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars68 Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 (edited) I’m not in a place where I can listen right now, but the lyrics alone got to me. Lars Edit: just had a listen, and it's a wonderful song and performance! Edited October 24, 2020 by Lars68 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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