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Tuning: E A D G B E
Normal tuning No capo When playing chord C he switches between C and G in the bass note. Am                                    C Well, I can't sell my momma short on loving me D                                    Am I guess that's why she let me go so far Am                                C Momma tried stopped me short of stealing D                                      Am I guess that's why I had to steal that car C                              She told me not to smoke it       D            G          Am But I did and it took me far away         C And I turned out to be        D                  Am The only hell mama ever raised Am                   C                 D           Am I rode into Atlanta, stolen tags and almost out of gas C                             D          G             Am I had to get some money, and lately I'd learned how to get it fast       C                    D                          Am Those neon lights is calling me and somehow I had to get downtown C                            D        G                 Am I reached into the glovebox, another liquor store went down C                               D                        G    Am And I sing "Precious Memories," take me back to the good ol' days C                             D                     Am I can hear my momma singing, "Rock of Ages" die for me C                                 D            G                  Am She tried to turn me on to Jesus, but I turned on to the devil's ways C                          D                         Am And I turned out to be the only hell my momma ever raised Solo Am C D Am Am C D G Am Am                                    C         D           Am When they put those handcuffs on me, Lord how I fought to resist C                                    D              G            Am But that agent clamped 'em tighter, 'til that metal bit into my wrist Am                                      C                    D             Am     They took my belt and my billfold, my fingerprints, and the profile of my face            C                    D                   Am Then they locked away the only hell my momma ever raised C                                D                       G    Am And I sing "Precious Memories," take me back to the good ol' days C                              D                    Am I can hear my momma singing, "Rock of Ages" die for me C                                 D            G                  Am She tried to turn me on to Jesus, but I turned on to the devil's ways C                           D                        Am And I turned out to be the only hell my momma ever raised 2x