Mama You Been On My Mind Chords

Mama You Been On My Mind (Jeff Buckley version) orig. by Bob Dylan
 
Capo on 1st fret
 
Note that this is the easy version, but it should work, if you just listen to
the song a few times.
 
 
E                                        G#
Perhaps it is the color of the sun cut flat
       C#m            C#m7
And cov'rin' the crossroad I'm standing at,
   E              G#          C#m           A
Or maybe it's the weather or something like that,
    E              B         E
But mama, you been on my mind.
 
 
E                                                    G#
I mean no trouble, please don't put down, don't get upset,
         C#m           C#m7
I am not pleadin' or sayin', "I can't forget you".
  E               G#          C#m                  A
I do not pace the floor bowed down an' bent, but yet,
      E             B         E
Well, mama you been on my mind.
 
 
E
Even though my eyes are hazy an' my thoughts they might be narrow,
G#                   C#m           C#m7
Where you been don't bother me, or bring me down with sorrow
E            G#                 C#m               A
I don't even mind who you'll be wakin' with tomorrow,
    E             B         E
But mama you been on my mind.
 
 
E                                               G#
I'm not askin' you to say words like "yes" or "no",
            C#m                 C#m7
Please understand me, I have no place I'm calling you to go.
         E             G#                C#m                  A
I'm just whispering to myself so I can't pretend that I don't know,
E              B        E
Mama, you just on my mind.
 
 
E                                                    G#
When you wake up in the morning', baby take a look inside the mirror.
C#m                                  C#m7
You know I won't be next to you, you know I won't be near.
E          G#              C#m             A
I'd just be curious to know if you can see yourself as clear.
   E               B                 E
As someone who has had you on his mind.
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