Mama You Been On My Mind

| C         | C          | F        F#dim7| C/G 
| C         | C          | F     F#dim7   | C/G G#dim7 Am | 



[Verso 1]

C                                     E7 
Perhaps it's the color of the sun cut flat 
    Am            D7/F# 
An' cov'rin' the crossroads I'm standing at 
   C                  C/B Am  C/G        Fmaj7 
Or maybe it's the weather or something like that 
    C/G            G6     C 
But mama you been on my mind. 
  

[Verso 2]

C                                                      E7 
I don't mean trouble please don't put me down or get upset 
                 Am   D7/F# 
I am not pleadin' or sayin' "I can't forget." 
  C                C/B      Am          C/G         Fmaj7 
I do not walk the floor bowed down an' bent but yet 
 C/G           G6    C 
Mama you been on my mind. 
  

[Verso 3]

      C 
Even though my mind is hazy an' my thoughts they might be narrow 
            E7/B             Am     D7/F# 
Where you been don't bother me nor bring me down in sorrow. 
    C     C/B   Am               C/B      Fmaj7 
It don't even matter to me where you're wakin' up tomorrow 
F#dim7 C          G6         C 
But mama you're just on my mind. 
  

[Verso 4]

         C                                       E7/B 
I am not askin' you to say words like "yes" or "no" 
            Am          D7/F# 
Please understand me I got no place for you t' go. 
          C            C/B Am                  Fmaj7 
I'm just breathin' to myself pretendin' not that I don't know 
C/G          G6       C 
Mama you been on my mind. 
  
Instrumental 

| C  E7  | Am   |  D7/F#         | C/G C/B Am | 
| F  F#dim7    |  C/G   G6   |   C G     | G7 N.C. | 


Outro 
         C 
When you wake up in the mornin' baby look inside your mirror. 
     E7                               Am    Am/G     D7/F# 
You know I won't be next to you you know I won't be near. 
          C                             Fmaj7 
I'd just be curious to know if you can see yourself as clear 
F#dim7  C/G         G7               C  G  G7   C 
As someone who has had you on his mind