JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Mama Tried" adalah salah satu lagu country terpopuler dari Merle Haggard bersama grupnya yang dinamakan The Strangers.
Rilis pada 1968, lagu ini menjadi singel pertama dari album ketujuhnya yang berjudul sama.
Tak hanya masuk Grammy Hall of Fame Award pada 1999, "Mama Tried" juga dinobatkan sebagai salah satu koleksi National Recording Registry.
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Simak lirik dan chord lagu "Mama Tried" dari Merle Haggard berikut ini.
D G D G
The first thing I remember knowing was a lonesome whistle blowin'
D A7
And a young un's dream of growin' up to ride
D G D G
On a freight train leavin' town, not knowin' where I'm bound
D A7 D
And no one could change my mind, but Mama tried
D G D G
One and only rebel child, from a family meek and mild
D A7
My Mama seemed to know what lay in store
D G D G
'Spite of all my Sunday learnin', toward the bad I kept on turnin'
D A7 D
'Til Mama couldn't hold me anymore
D G D
And I turned twenty-one in prison doin' life without parole
Bm A7
No one could steer me right, but Mama tried, Mama tried
D G D
Mama tried to raise me better, but her pleading I denied,
A7 D
that leaves only me to blame, 'cause Mama tried
D G D G
Dear old Daddy, rest his soul, he left my mom a heavy load
D A7
She tried so very hard to fill his shoes
D G D G
Workin' hours without rest, wanted me to have the best
D A7 D
She tried to raise me right, but I refused
D G D
And I turned twenty-one in prison doin' life without parole
Bm A7
No one could steer me right, but Mama tried, Mama tried
D G D
Mama tried to raise me better, but her pleading I denied,
A7 D
that leaves only me to blame, 'cause Mama tried