Mama Tried

Mama Tried — Merle Haggard. Nashville number chart in the key of D, 4/4, 98 bpm. 7 sections. Read in order, comma to comma; two chords sharing a bar are joined by "then".

1. Intro, 5 bars: 1 (cue: gtr only), 1, 1, 1 (cue: band in), 1
2. V1, 8 bars: repeat from here, 1 then 4, 1 then 4, 1, 5, 1 then 4, 1 then 4, 1 then 5, 1, repeat 2 times
3. Ch, 8 bars: 1, 4 then 1, 6 minor, 5, 1, 4 then 1, 1 then 5, 1
4. Int, 4 bars: 1, 4, 5 then 1, 1
5. V2, 8 bars: 1 then 4, 1 then 4, 1, 5, 1 then 4, 1 then 4, 1 then 5, 1
6. Ch, 7 bars: 1, 4 then 1, 6 minor, 5, 1, 4 then 1, 1 then 5
7. Outro, 4 bars: 1 (held, tied, cue: band out), 1 (held, tied), 1 (held), 1 (hit and choked, figure: eighth) then 1 (held, figure: eighth, dotted half)