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Mama You Been On My Mind by Joan Baez


        Mama You Been On My Mind 


Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:B
Capo:no capo

[Intro]
E
 
[Verse 1]
E
Perhaps it's the color of the sun cut flat
G#m    C#m      F#
And covering the crossroads I'm standing at
   E              C#m     A                 E
Or maybe it's the weather or something like that
    B                     E
But daddy, you been on my mind
 
[Interlude]
B B7
 
[Verse 2]
E
I don't mean trouble, please don't put me down, don't get upset
G#m      C#m      F#
I am not pleading or saying, "I can't forget you"
E        C#m            A                       E
I do not walk the floor bowed down and bent but yet
B                     E
Daddy, you been on my mind
 
[Interlude]
B B7
 
[Verse 3]
E
Even though my mind is hazy and my thoughts ,they might be narrow
G#m      C#m                       F#m              F#
Where you been don't bother me nor bring me down in sorrow
E             C#m               A           E
It don't even matter who you're waking with tomorrow
B                        E
Daddy, you're just on my mind
 
[Interlude]
B B7 E B
 
[Verse 4]
E
I am not asking you to say words like yes or no
G#m    C#m                    F#m         F#
Please understand me, I'm not calling for you to go
         E            C#m                A                E
I'm just breathing to myself, pretending not that I don't know
B                          E
That daddy, you been on my mind
 
[Interlude]
B B7
 
[Verse 5]
E
When you wake up in the morning, baby, look inside your mirror
G#m C#m                              F#m                      F#
Oh, you know I won't be next to you, you know I won't be near
            E          C#m             A               E
I'd just be curious to know if you can see yourself as clear
B                  C#             E
As someone who has had you on her mind



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