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Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 01:45:33 +0500 (GMT+0500)

From: Khurram Saleem <saleems@paknet1.ptc.pk>

Subject: TAB: Mama-Said by Metallica (Load)





        Song:   Mama Said

        Artist: MetallicA

        Album:  LoaD

        Rel:    1996







Tune down a 1/2 step.





    Dm   Dmsus4   Dmsus2   C    Am  Amsus4   G    F   Bb

e--1------3---------0------0----0-----0------3----1----1--

b--3------3---------3------1----1-----3------0----1----3--

g--2------2---------2------0----2-----2------0----2----3--

d--0------0---------0------2----2-----2------0----3----3--

a--x------x---------x------3----0-----0------2----3----1--

e--x------x---------x------x----x-----x------3----1----x--



Intro:



Dm     C     Am



*Verse*



Dm

Mama she has taught me well

C                Am

Told me when I was young

Dm

Son your life's an open book

      C                    Am

Don't close it before it's done

Dm

The brightest flame burns quickest

      C               Am

Thats what I heard her say

D

The son's heart's owed to mother

    C             Am

But I must find my way....



*Chorus*



Dm  C  Am    G

Let my heart go

Dm  C    Am  G

Let your son grow

     Dm  C  Am    G

Mama let my heart go

     Dm   C   Bb    G  Am

Mama let this heart be still.



*Intro again*



*Verse 2*



Dm

Remember my new last name

C                Am

Wild blood in my veins

Dm

Draping the strings around my neck

    C              Am

The mark that still remains

Dm  

Left home at an early age

    C              Am

of what I heard was wrong (?)

Dm

I never asked forgiveness

    C             Am

For what is said is done....





*Chorus*



Dm  C  Am    G

Let my heart go

Dm  C    Am  G

Let your son grow

     Dm  C  Am    G

Mama let my heart go

     Dm   C   Bb    G  Am

Mama let this heart be still.





*Bridge*



Dm      G

Never I asked of you

C          F

but never I gave

Dm                  G

But you gave me your emptiness

C                 F

that I'll take to my grave

Dm      G

Never I asked of you

C          F

but never I gave

Dm              G

But you gave me your emptiness

           C         F

that I'll take to my grave

     Dm   C   Bb    G  Am

So let this heart be still.





*Verse 3*



Dm

Mama now I'm coming home

         C               Am

I'm not all you wished of me

Dm

A mother's love for her son

C            Am

was spoken heavily(?)

Dm

yeah I took your love for granted

           C                Am

and all the things you said to me

Dm

I need your arms to welcome me

     C                Am

That cold stone's all I see.....





*Chorus*



Dm  C  Am    G

Let my heart go

Dm  C    Am  G

Let your son grow

     Dm  C  Am    G

Mama let my heart go

     Dm   C   Bb    G  Am

Mama let this heart be still.

Dm  C   Am   Dm

Let my heart go

     Dm  C   Am   Dm

Mama let my heart go

          Dm  C   Am   Dm

You never let my heart go

     Dm   C   Bb    G  Am

Mama let this heart be still.





*Bridge*



(solo over Dm G C F twice)



Dm      G

Never I asked of you

C          F

but never I gave

Dm                  G

But you gave me your emptiness

C                 F

that I'll take to my grave

Dm      G

Never I asked of you

C          F

but never I gave

Dm              G

But you gave me your emptiness

           C         F

that I'll take to my grave

     Dm   C   Bb    G  Am

So let this heart be still.





Here's that riff you all love:

|--^------^-------Full------------------------|

|-15-----15---------^---15--^--15-------------|

|-14--12-14----12--14------14--14--12---------|

|-------Bend-up---Hold----Hold----------------|

|------and-down-------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------|

Bend Bottom notes full





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