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/Metallica / This is a very beautiful song that sounds great even when
/Mama Said / it's played acoustic on a old and inferior Spanish
/Load / guitar..:p It was first when I started doing this tab, I
/__________/ realized what the lyrics were about, and I admit that I dropped a few tears...
Tuning: Half-step down - but you can play it in standard tuning as well.
Chords Used: Dm Dsus4 C Asus4 Am Asus2 Bb G F
---1-----3-----0-----0-----0-----0-----1-----3-----1---
---3-----3-----1-----3-----1-----0-----3----0/3----1---
---2-----2-----0-----2-----2-----2-----3-----0-----2---
---0-----0-----2-----2-----2-----2-----3-----0-----3---
---x-----x-----3-----0-----0-----0-----1-----2-----3---
---x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----3-----1---
Riff-1
Dm Dsus4 Dm C Am Asus2
Eb||-1---1--1-1-3--3-1----1-|-0----0--0--0--0--0-0---|
Bb||-3---3--3-3-3--3-3----3-|-1----1--1--1--1--0-0h1-|
Gb||-2---2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2-|-0----0--2--2--2--2-2---|
Db||-0---0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-|-2--2-2--2--2--2--2-2---|
Ab||------------------------|-3--3-3--0--0--0--0-0---|
Eb||------------------------|------------------------|
Dm Dsus4 Dm C Am Asus4
|-1-----1--1-1-3--3-1----1-|-0----0--0--0----0--0-0-||
|-3-----3--3-3-3--3-3----3-|-1----1--1--1----1--3-3-||
|-2---2-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2-|-0----0--2--2----2--2-2-||
|-0---0-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-|-2--2-2--2--2--2-2--2-2-||
|--------------------------|-3--3-3--0--0--0-0--0-0-||
|--------------------------|------------------------||
Riff-2
Dm C Am G
Eb||-1---0---0---3---3----3--3-3-3--3-3-|-------|
Bb||-3---1---1---0---0----3--3-3-3--3-3-|-play--|
Gb||-2---0---2---0---0----0--0-0-0--0-0-|-this--|
Db||-0---2---2---0---0----0--0-0-0--0-0-|-three-|
Ab||-----3---0---2---2--2-2--2-2-2--2-2-|-times-|
Eb||-------------3---3--3-3--3-3-3--3-3-|-------|
Dm C Bb G Am Asus2
|-1---0---1---3---0---0--0---0--0---||
|-3---1---3---3---1---1--1---1--0h1-||
|-2---0---3---0---2---2--2---2--2---||
|-0---2---3---0---2---2--2-2--------||
|-----3---1---2---0---0--0-0--------||
|-------------3---------------------||
Riff-3
Dm G C F
Eb||-1----1--3--3--3-3--|-0----0--1--1----1-1-|-------|
Bb||-3----3--0--0--3-3--|-1----1--1--1----1-1-|-play--|
Gb||-2--2-2--0--0--0-0--|-0----0--2--2----2-2-|-this--|
Db||-0--0-0--0--0--0----|-2--2-2--3--3--3-3-3-|-four--|
Ab||---------2--2--2----|-3--3-3--3--3--3-3-3-|-times-|
Eb||---------3--3--3----|---------1--1--1-1-1-|-------|
Dm C Bb G Am Asus2
|-1---0---1---3---0---0--0---0--0---||
|-3---1---3---3---1---1--1---1--0h1-||
|-2---0---3---0---2---2--2---2--2---||
|-0---2---3---0---2---2--2-2--------||
|-----3---1---2---0---0--0-0--------||
|-------------3---------------------||
INTRO, riff-1:
Dm Dsus4 Dm C Am Asus2
Dm Dsus4 Dm C Am Asus4
1st VERSE, riff-1:
Dm Dsus4 Dm
Mama, she has taught me well
C Am Asus2
Told me when I was young
Dm Dsus4 Dm
Son, your life's an open book
C Am Asus4
Don't close it 'fore it's done
Dm Dsus4 Dm
The brightest flame burns quickest
C Am Asus2
Is what I heard her say
Dm Dsus4 Dm
A son's heart sewed to mother
C Am
But I must find my way
CHORUS, riff-2:
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 Asus2
Or let this heart be still
2nd VERSE, riff-1:
Dm Dsus4 Dm
Rebel my new last name
C Am Asus2
Wild blood in my veins
Dm Dsus4 D
Apron strings around my neck
C Am Asus4
The mark that still remains
Dm Dsus4 Dm
Left home at an early age
C Am Asus4
Of what I heard was wrong
Dm Dsus4 D
I never asked forgiveness
C Am
But what is said is done
CHORUS, riff-2 (last line ends on Asus4 instead of Asus2):
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 Asus4
Or let this heart be still
BRIDGE, riff-3:
Dm G
Never I ask of you
C F
But never I gave
Dm G
But you gave me your emptiness
C F
I now take to my grave
Dm G
Never I ask of you
C F
But never I gave
Dm G
But you gave me your emptiness
C F
I now take to my grave
Dm C Bb G Am Asus2
So let this heart be still
3rd VERSE, riff-1:
Dm Dsus4 Dm
Mama, now I'm coming home
C Am Asus2
I'm not all you wished of me
Dm Dsus4 Dm
A mother's love for her son
C Am Asus2
Spoken, help me be
Dm Dsus4 Dm
Well, I took your love for granted
C Am Asus4
And all the things you said to me
Dm Dsus4 Dm
I need your arms to welcome me
C Am
But, a cold stone's all I see
CHORUS, riff-1 (last line ends on Asus4 instead of Asus2):
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 Asus4
Or let this heart be still
CHORUS, riff-1:
Dm C Am G
Let my heart go
Dm C Am G
Mama, let my heart go
Dm C Am G
You never let my heart go
Dm C Bb G Am
So let this heart be still
ENDING, riff-3 (last line fades out on Am):
Dm G
Never I ask of you
C F
But never I gave
Dm G
But you gave me your emptiness
C F
I now take to my grave
Dm G
Never I ask of you
C F
But never I gave
Dm G
But you gave me your emptiness
C F
I now take to my grave
Dm C Bb G Am
So let this heart be still
Mail me at Maitinin@hotmail.com for comments or corrections, and don't mind
the bad English, I'm from Denmark...
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