Mama You Been On My Mind

by Jeff Buckley

Chords

4.6 (12)

novice Key: F Tuning: E A D G B E

Version:

v2 v1 v3 v4

Transpose

Capo

None

Size

100%

Mama You Been On My Mind (Jeff Buckley version) orig. by Bob Dylan

This is the version if you want to play without a capo.

All the chords listed are barre chords.

       [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]Bdim7[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]C7[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]
e|-----8-----6-----7-----7-----5-----10----8-----8-----5--|
B|-----10----6-----9-----8-----6-----12----8-----8-----5--|
G|-----10----7-----7-----9-----7-----12----9-----9-----6--|
D|-----10----8-----9-----9-----7-----12----10----8-----7--|
A|-----8-----8-----8-----7-----5-----10----10----10----7--|

Alternatively, play with a capo on 5th and the above chords become:

       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]F#dim7[/ch]  [ch]C/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G7[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]
e|-----0-----1-----2-----0-----0-----2-----3-----1-----0--|
B|-----1-----1-----4-----1-----1-----3-----0-----0-----0--|
G|-----0-----2-----2-----0-----2-----2-----0-----0-----1--|
D|-----2-----3-----4-----2-----2-----0-----0-----0-----2--|

Intro

Verse 1

Perhaps it is the color of the sun cut fl

And cov

´rin&acu

te; the crossroad I´m standing at,

maybe it´

s the we

ather

or something

like that,

But

mama, you been

on my min

Verse 2

I mean no trouble, please don´t put me down, don&ac

ute;t get upset,

I am not

pleadin&acu

te; or sayin´, "I can´t forget you".

do not pace the

floor

bowed

down an´ bent

, but yet,

Well,

mama you been

on my min

Verse 3

Even though my eyes are hazy an´ my thoughts they might be narrow,

Where you

been don´t b

other

me, or bring me down with sorrow

I don´t

even

mind who you&

acute;ll be wakin&acut

e; with tomorrow, but

Mama, you just

on my min

Verse 4

I´m not askin´ you to say words like

"yes" or "no",

Please under

stand me, I ha

ve no place I´m calling you to go.

I´m

just whisperin

g to m

yself so I

can pretend that I don´t know,

Mama, you just

on my min

Instrumental

Well,

Mama, you just

on my min

Verse 5

When you

wake up in the mornin', baby look inside your mirror.

You

know I won´t be next to you

, you k

now I won

´t be near.

I´d ju

st be curio

us to

know if yo

u can see yourself as

clear as

someone who has

d you on his min