Mama Said Metallica

___________

/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]Mama, she has [Dsus4]taught me [Dm]well

[C]Told me when I was [Am]you[Asus2]ng

[Dm]Son, your life's an [Dsus4]open b[Dm]ook

Don't [C]close it 'fore it's [Am]don[Asus4]e

The [Dm]brightest flame burns [Dsus4]quicke[Dm]st

Is [C]what I heard her [Am]say[Asus2]

A [Dm]son's heart [Dsus4]sewed to [Dm]mother

But [C]I must find my [Am]way

CHORUS, riff-2:

[Dm]Let [C]my [Am]heart [G]go

[Dm]Let [C]your [Am]son [G]grow

Mama, [Dm]let [C]my [Am]heart [G]go

Or [Dm]let [C]this [Bb]heart [G]be [Am]sti[Asus2]ll

2nd VERSE, riff-1:

[Dm]Rebel my new la[Dsus4]st nam[Dm]e

[C]Wild blood in my [Am]vei[Asus2]ns

[Dm]Apron strings a[Dsus4]round my [D]neck

The [C]mark that still re[Am]mai[Asus4]ns

[Dm]Left home at an [Dsus4]early [Dm]age

Of [C]what I heard was [Am]wro[Asus4]ng

I [Dm]never asked for[Dsus4]givene[D]ss

But [C]what is said is [Am]done

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

[Dm]Let [C]my [Am]heart [G]go

[Dm]Let [C]your [Am]son [G]grow

Mama, [Dm]let [C]my [Am]heart [G]go

Or [Dm]let [C]this [Bb]heart [G]be [Am]sti[Asus4]ll

BRIDGE, riff-3:

[Dm]Never I [G]ask of you

But [C]never I [F]gave

But you [Dm]gave me your [G]emptiness

I now [C]take to my [F]grave

[Dm]Never I [G]ask of you

But [C]never I [F]gave

But you [Dm]gave me your [G]emptiness

I now t[C]ake to my g[F]rave

So [Dm]let [C]this [Bb]heart [G]be [Am]sti[Asus2]ll

3rd VERSE, riff-1:

[Dm]Mama, now I'm [Dsus4]coming [Dm]home

I'm not [C]all you wished of [Am]me[Asus2]

A [Dm]mother's love for [Dsus4]her so[Dm]n

[C]Spoken, help me [Am]be[Asus2]

Well, I [Dm]took your love for [Dsus4]grante[Dm]d

And all the [C]things you said to [Am]me[Asus4]

I [Dm]need your arms to [Dsus4]welcome [Dm]me

But, a [C]cold stone's all I [Am]see

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

[Dm]Let [C]my [Am]heart [G]go

[Dm]Let [C]your [Am]son [G]grow

Mama, [Dm]let [C]my [Am]heart [G]go

Or [Dm]let [C]this [Bb]heart [G]be [Am]sti[Asus4]ll

CHORUS, riff-1:

[Dm]Let [C]my [Am]heart [G]go

Mama, [Dm]let [C]my [Am]heart [G]go

You never [Dm]let [C]my [Am]heart [G]go

So [Dm]let [C]this [Bb]heart [G]be [Am]still

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

[Dm]Never I [G]ask of you

But [C]never I [F]gave

But you [Dm]gave me your [G]emptiness

I now [C]take to my [F]grave

[Dm]Never I [G]ask of you

But [C]never I [F]gave

But you [Dm]gave me your [G]emptiness

I now t[C]ake to my g[F]rave

So [Dm]let [C]this [Bb]heart [G]be [Am]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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{t:Mama Said}
 {st:Metallica}
 
 ___________
 /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
 
 {sot}
 ---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---
 {eot}
 
 Riff-1
 [Dm] [Dsus4] [Dm] [C] [Am] [Asus2] 
 {sot}
 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||------------------------|------------------------|
 {eot}
 [Dm] [Dsus4] [Dm] [C] [Am] [Asus4] 
 {sot}
 |-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-||
 |--------------------------|------------------------||
 {eot}
 
 Riff-2
 [Dm] [C] [Am] [G] 
 {sot}
 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-|-------|
 {eot}
 
 [Dm] [C] [Bb] [G] [Am] [Asus2] 
 {sot}
 |-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---------------------||
 {eot}
 
 Riff-3
 [Dm] [G] [C] [F] 
 {sot}
 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-|-------|
 {eot}
 
 [Dm] [C] [Bb] [G] [Am] [Asus2] 
 {sot}
 |-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---------------------||
 {eot}
 
 
 INTRO, riff-1:
 [Dm] [Dsus4] [Dm] [C] [Am] [Asus2] 
 [Dm] [Dsus4] [Dm] [C] [Am] [Asus4] 
 
 1st VERSE, riff-1:
 [Dm]Mama, she has [Dsus4]taught me [Dm]well
 [C]Told me when I was [Am]you[Asus2]ng
 [Dm]Son, your life's an [Dsus4]open b[Dm]ook
 Don't [C]close it 'fore it's [Am]don[Asus4]e
 The [Dm]brightest flame burns [Dsus4]quicke[Dm]st
 Is [C]what I heard her [Am]say[Asus2]
 A [Dm]son's heart [Dsus4]sewed to [Dm]mother
 But [C]I must find my [Am]way
 
 CHORUS, riff-2:
 [Dm]Let [C]my [Am]heart [G]go
 [Dm]Let [C]your [Am]son [G]grow
 Mama, [Dm]let [C]my [Am]heart [G]go
 Or [Dm]let [C]this [Bb]heart [G]be [Am]sti[Asus2]ll
 
 2nd VERSE, riff-1:
 [Dm]Rebel my new la[Dsus4]st nam[Dm]e
 [C]Wild blood in my [Am]vei[Asus2]ns
 [Dm]Apron strings a[Dsus4]round my [D]neck
 The [C]mark that still re[Am]mai[Asus4]ns
 [Dm]Left home at an [Dsus4]early [Dm]age
 Of [C]what I heard was [Am]wro[Asus4]ng
 I [Dm]never asked for[Dsus4]givene[D]ss
 But [C]what is said is [Am]done
 
 CHORUS, riff-2 (last line ends on Asus4 instead of Asus2):
 [Dm]Let [C]my [Am]heart [G]go
 [Dm]Let [C]your [Am]son [G]grow
 Mama, [Dm]let [C]my [Am]heart [G]go
 Or [Dm]let [C]this [Bb]heart [G]be [Am]sti[Asus4]ll
 
 BRIDGE, riff-3:
 [Dm]Never I [G]ask of you
 But [C]never I [F]gave
 But you [Dm]gave me your [G]emptiness
 I now [C]take to my [F]grave
 [Dm]Never I [G]ask of you
 But [C]never I [F]gave
 But you [Dm]gave me your [G]emptiness
 I now t[C]ake to my g[F]rave
 So [Dm]let [C]this [Bb]heart [G]be [Am]sti[Asus2]ll
 
 3rd VERSE, riff-1:
 [Dm]Mama, now I'm [Dsus4]coming [Dm]home
 I'm not [C]all you wished of [Am]me[Asus2]
 A [Dm]mother's love for [Dsus4]her so[Dm]n
 [C]Spoken, help me [Am]be[Asus2]
 Well, I [Dm]took your love for [Dsus4]grante[Dm]d
 And all the [C]things you said to [Am]me[Asus4]
 I [Dm]need your arms to [Dsus4]welcome [Dm]me
 But, a [C]cold stone's all I [Am]see
 
 CHORUS, riff-1 (last line ends on Asus4 instead of Asus2):
 [Dm]Let [C]my [Am]heart [G]go
 [Dm]Let [C]your [Am]son [G]grow
 Mama, [Dm]let [C]my [Am]heart [G]go
 Or [Dm]let [C]this [Bb]heart [G]be [Am]sti[Asus4]ll
 
 CHORUS, riff-1:
 [Dm]Let [C]my [Am]heart [G]go
 Mama, [Dm]let [C]my [Am]heart [G]go
 You never [Dm]let [C]my [Am]heart [G]go
 So [Dm]let [C]this [Bb]heart [G]be [Am]still
 
 ENDING, riff-3 (last line fades out on Am):
 [Dm]Never I [G]ask of you
 But [C]never I [F]gave
 But you [Dm]gave me your [G]emptiness
 I now [C]take to my [F]grave
 [Dm]Never I [G]ask of you
 But [C]never I [F]gave
 But you [Dm]gave me your [G]emptiness
 I now t[C]ake to my g[F]rave
 So [Dm]let [C]this [Bb]heart [G]be [Am]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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