Fore She Was Mama

Intro Tab Intro Chords D D G F* D D 'Bout ten years old, hide and seek G D I found me in the closet Ready or not I stumbled on G D And opened up that box of Yearbooks, letters, black and whites G D A hundred, maybe more Next thing I know my brothers and me G D Got 'em scattered on the floor (Yeah) D D G F* D D There was one of her, flippin' the bird G D Sittin' on a Harley And a few with some hairy hippie dude G D Turns out his name was Charlie Her hair, her clothes, her drinkin' smokin' G D Had us boys confused G D I'll never forget the day us nosey kids got introduced G D To Mama, 'fore she was Mama A D In a string bikini, in Tijuana G D Won't admit she smoked marijuana G A D But I saw Mama, 'fore she was Mama D D G F* D D We put that box right where it was G D And never said a word But growin' up got hard just tryin' G D Not to picture her In anything but aprons, dresses G D Mini-vans and church Oh and Daddy would have whooped our butts G D For diggin' up that dirt G D On Mama, 'fore she was Mama A D In a string bikini, in Tijuana G D Won't admit she smoked marijuana G A G (additional riff) D A But I saw Mama, 'fore she was Mama D D G F* D D We laugh and hang it over her head G D Right above her halo Her face turns red when we bring up G D That tie-dyed Winnebago She runs and hides and still denies G D That hip high rose tattoo She burned that box of forget-me-nots G D When she found out we knew G D 'Bout Mama, 'fore she was Mama A D In a string bikini, in Tijuana G D Won't admit she smoked marijuana G A D But that was Mama, 'fore she was Mama G Asus2 D And there's that one down in the Bahamas G A D But that was Mama, 'fore she was Mama D D G F* D 2x