Такт 4/4
оригінальна тональність «+3»

G6         Em                  Am 
Mama, just killed a man, put a gun against his head,
          Am                D
pulled my trigger, now he's dead.
G6             Em          
Mama, life had just begun,   
    Am                                D7
but now I've gone and thrown it all a-away.


C   C/B     Am         Dm 
Mama,    Oo-oo, didn't mean to make you cry.
   G                              C             C/B       Am 
If I'm not back again this time tomorrow, carry on, carry on
      Fm             C 
as if nothing really matters....


Verse2:
G6          Em                   Am 
Too late,my time has come, sends shivers down my spine,
       Am             D    
body's aching all the time.
G6                       Em               Am 
Goodbye, everybody, I've got to go, gotta leave you all
                    D7
behind and face the truth.


C   C/B    Am  Dm 
Mama,   Oo-oo  I don't want to die,
  G                                     C
I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all.