Letter To My Mother keyboard

Letter To My Mother

• D

                    "Letter To My Mother" by Edwin McCain
                        From the album "Far From Over"

Tabbed by: Aaron Field
Email: [email protected]


**Open D Tuning**


Chords used:

     D    C#m6   C     G   Bm7  F#m7  Em7   A    Dº  Em7/11  F#m7/11  G/Bb


*Note: These may not be the actual chord names but they're pretty close.  The Em7/11 and 
F#m7/11 chords can be played with or without the note in ().  I think they sound better 
with them but I believe Edwin plays without.


Intro Riff:

     D                          C#m6                        C                           G



Intro:  (Play Intro Riff) x2


Verse 1:

D              C#m6
Mama, how do I write the words to you
             C            G
You were the only one who loved me true
              D             C#m6
But there's a woman that we don't even know
            C              G
She gave me life, then you gave me a home


Chorus 1:

            Bm7
I love you, Mama
              F#m7
But I want to tell her too
            Em7        G     A     (Repeat Intro Riff)
Is that her little boy still loves you


Verse 2:

           D              C#m6
I close my eyes, does she look like me
         C                    G
Does she need my help, is she cold on the street
           D             C#m6
Or am I forgotten like a bad childhood dream
  C                    G
A B-movie actor on the black and white screen


Chorus 2:

            Bm7
I love you, Mama
              F#m7
But I want to tell her too
            Em7        G     A     D
Is that her little boy still loves you
            Em7        G     A     Dº
Is that her little boy still loves you


Bridge:

Em7/11                  F#m7/11
 Could I have seen her, I'll never know
            Em7/11            F#m7/11
Maybe she's always been there watching me grow
            Em7/11       F#m7/11
I wanted to tell her how grateful I am
              G                   G/Bb
For giving me life, I've done the best that I can


Solo:

(Repeat Intro Riff) then

D     C#m6
Ohhhh ohhhhh

C     G
Ohhhh yeah


Chorus 3:

            Bm7
I love you, Mama
              F#m7
But I want to tell her too
            Em7        G     A     D
Is that her little boy still loves you
    Em7        G     A     Dº
Her little boy still loves you


Outro:  Em7 - G - A - Dº

x

Add to Songbook Print Version How to play lesson Submit videolesson

Click the best TAGS for this song:

None of them

Please, enter the best TAGS for this song (separated by commas):