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Song:Mama Said
Artist:Metallica
Tabbed by: ron4ik16
My e-mail address:ron24@inbox.lv.

Tuning:either standard,either somewhere between E and Eb,both sound nicely.


This is a more or less precise Mama Said Tab Lesson,
I'm gonna display everything here AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE.
In this tab you will see what James Hetfield plays in this song.
Don't know about Jason Newsted(bass guitar),
but James plays almost all of the song including it's solo(partly),
Kirk Hammett(lead guitar) however,plays little in this song,
because this song is mainly played on acoustic guitar,
he only plays lead in the bridge and partly in the solo,
and maybe also in chorus(possibly the same what James plays),
So I think that you don't have to worry much about bass and lead,
'coz like I said - the song is played on acoustic guitar.

If you want to both play and sing this song - see the end of the tab.

TO GET THE CORRECT TIMING - CAREFULLY LISTEN TO THE SONG!


Signs:R - Let ring(simply play a chord/note once and let it sound for a while)


Chords used in this song:
   Dm  Dsus2  Dsus4      C    Am  Asus2    G    F    Bb
E|--1---0------3---------0----0-----0------3----1----1--|
B|--3---3------3---------1----1-----0------0----1----3--|
G|--2---2------2---------0----2-----2------0----2----3--|
D|--0---0------0---------2----2-----2------0----3----3--|
A|-----------------------3----0-----0------2----3----1--|
E|-----------------------------------------3----1-------|




Intro:

E|-1R---1-0-1--1-1--3-3--1-1-1-1-|-0--0-0--0---------------------|
B|-3R---3-3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-3-3-|-1--1-1--1-1R--1-1-1--0-0--1-1-|
G|-2R---2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-0--0-0--0-2R--2-2-2--2-2--2-2-|
D|-0R---0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-2--2-2--2-2R--2-2-2--2-2--2-2-|
A|-------------------------------|-3--3-3--3-0R--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-|
E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|

|-1R--1-1--0-1-0--3-3--1-1-1-1-|-0--0-0--0-------------------|
|-3R--3-3--3-3-3--3-3--3-3-3-3-|-1--1-1--1-1R--1-1--0-0--1-1-|
|-2R--2-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-0--0-0--0-2R--2-2--2-2--2-2-|
|-0R--0-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-2--2-2--2-2R--2-2--2-2--2-2-|
|------------------------------|-3--3-3--3-0R--0-0--0-0--0-0-|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|


Verse 1:

|-1R---1-0-1--1-1--3-3--1-1-1-1-|-0--0-0--0---------------------|
|-3R---3-3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-3-3-|-1--1-1--1-1R--1-1-1--0-0--1-1-|
|-2R---2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-0--0-0--0-2R--2-2-2--2-2--2-2-|
|-0R---0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-2--2-2--2-2R--2-2-2--2-2--2-2-|
|-------------------------------|-3--3-3--3-0R--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|


|-1R--1-1--0-1-0--3-3--1-1-1-1-|-0--0-0--0------------------|
|-3R--3-3--3-3-3--3-3--3-3-3-3-|-1--1-1--1-1R--1-0-1--1-0-1-|
|-2R--2-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-0--0-0--0-2R--2-2-2--2-2-2-|
|-0R--0-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-2--2-2--2-2R--2-2-2--2-2-2-|
|------------------------------|-3--3-3--3-0R--0-0-2--0-0-0-|
|------------------------------|----------------------------|


|-1R---1-0-1--1-1--3-3--1-1-1-1-|-0--0-0--0-------------------|
|-3R---3-3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-3-3-|-1--1-1--1-1R--1-1---0-0--1--|
|-2R---2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-0--0-0--0-2R--2-2---2-2--2--|
|-0R---0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-2--2-2--2-2R--2-2---2-2--2--|
|-------------------------------|-3--3-3--3-0R--0-0---0-0--0--|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|


|-1R---1-0-1--1-1--3-3--1-1-1-1-|-0R-------|
|-3R---3-3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-3-3-|-1R----1R-|
|-2R---2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-0R----2R-|
|-0R---0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-2R----2R-|
|-------------------------------|-3R----0R-|
|-------------------------------|----------|


Chorus:

Let my heart go...
|-1R-0R----3R--3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3R-|
|-3R-1R-1R-0R--0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0R-|
|-2R-0R-2R-0R--0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0R-|
|-0R-2R-2R-0R--0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0R-|
|----3R----2R--2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2R-|
|----------3R--3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3R-|


Let your son grow...
|-1R-0R----3R--3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3R-|
|-3R-1R-1R-0R--0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0R-|
|-2R-0R-2R-0R--0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0R-|
|-0R-2R-2R-0R--0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0R-|
|----3R----2R--2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2R-|
|----------3R--3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3R-|


Mama let my heart go...
|-1R-0R----3R--3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3R-|
|-3R-1R-1R-0R--0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0R-|
|-2R-0R-2R-0R--0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0R-|
|-0R-2R-2R-0R--0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0R-|
|----3R----2R--2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2R-|
|----------3R--3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3R-|

Or let this heart be still...
|-1R-0R-1R-3R----|
|-3R-1R-3R-0R-1R-|
|-2R-0R-3R-0R-2R-|
|-0R-2R-3R-0R-2R-|
|----3R-1R-2R----|
|----------3R----|

Verse 2:

|-1R---1-0-1--1-1--3-3--1-1-1-1-|-0--0-0--0---------------------|
|-3R---3-3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-3-3-|-1--1-1--1-1R--1-1-1--0-0--1-1-|
|-2R---2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-0--0-0--0-2R--2-2-2--2-2--2-2-|
|-0R---0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-2--2-2--2-2R--2-2-2--2-2--2-2-|
|-------------------------------|-3--3-3--3-0R--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|


|-1R---1-0-1--1-1--3-3--1-1-1-1-|-0--0-0--0---------------|
|-3R---3-3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-3-3-|-1--1-1--1-1R--1-1--0--1-|
|-2R---2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-0--0-0--0-2R--2-2--2--2-|
|-0R---0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-2--2-2--2-2R--2-2--2--2-|
|-------------------------------|-3--3-3--3-0R--0-0--0--0-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|


|-1R---1-0-1--1-1--3-3--1-1-1-1-|-0--0-0--0------------------|
|-3R---3-3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-3-3-|-1--1-1--1-1R--1-1--0-0-1-1-|
|-2R---2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-0--0-0--0-2R--2-2--2-2-2-2-|
|-0R---0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-2--2-2--2-2R--2-2--2-2-2-2-|
|-------------------------------|-3--3-3--3-0R--0-0--0-0-0-0-|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|


|-1R---1-0-1--1-1--3-3--1-1-1-1-|-0R-------|
|-3R---3-3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-3-3-|-1R----1R-|
|-2R---2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-0R----2R-|
|-0R---0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-2R----2R-|
|-------------------------------|-3R----0R-|
|-------------------------------|----------|






Verse 3:

|-1R---0-1-0--3-3--1-1-1-1-|-0--0-0--0---------------------|
|-3R---3-3-3--3-3--3-3-3-3-|-1--1-1--1-1R--1-1-1--0-0--1-1-|
|-2R---2-2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-0--0-0--0-2R--2-2-2--2-2--2-2-|
|-0R---0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-2--2-2--2-2R--2-2-2--2-2--2-2-|
|--------------------------|-3--3-3--3-0R--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|


|-1R---0-1-0--3-3--1-1-1-1-|-0--0-0--0------------------|
|-3R---3-3-3--3-3--3-3-3-3-|-1--1-1--1-1R--1-0-1--1-0-1-|
|-2R---2-2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-0--0-0--0-2R--2-2-2--2-2-2-|
|-0R---0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-2--2-2--2-2R--2-2-2--2-2-2-|
|--------------------------|-3--3-3--3-0R--0-0-2--0-0-0-|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|


|-1R---0-1-0--1-1--3-3--1-1-1-1-|-0--0-0--0--------------------|
|-3R---3-3-0--3-3--3-3--3-3-3-3-|-1--1-1--1-1R--1-1-1--0-0--1--|
|-2R---2-2-0--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-0--0-0--0-2R--2-2-2--2-2--2--|
|-0R---0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-2--2-2--2-2R--2-2-2--2-2--2--|
|-------------------------------|-3--3-3--3-0R--0-0-0--0-0--0--|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|


|-1R---0-1-0--1-1--3-3--1-1-1-1-|-0R-------|
|-3R---3-3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-3-3-|-1R----1R-|
|-2R---2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-0R----2R-|
|-0R---0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-2R----2R-|
|-------------------------------|-3R----0R-|
|-------------------------------|----------|

Bridge:

Never I asked of you...            But never I gave...
|-1R--1-1-1-1-3R--3-3-3--3-3--3-3-|-0R-0-0-0-0-1R--1-1-1--1-1--1-1-|
|-3R--3-3-3-3-0R--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-|-1R-1-1-1-1-1R--1-1-1--1-1--1-1-|
|-2R--2-2-2-2-0R--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-|-0R-0-0-0-0-2R--2-2-2--2-2--2-2-|
|-0R--0-0-0-0-0R--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-|-2R-2-2-2-2-3R--3-3-3--3-3--3-3-|
|-------------2R--2-2-2--2-2--2-2-|-3R-3-3-3-3-3R--3-3-3--3-3--3-3-|
|-------------3R--3-3-3--3-3--3-3-|------------1R--1-1-1--1-1--1-1-|

But you gave me your emptiness      And I'll take it to my grave...
|-1R--1-1-1-1-3R--3-3-3--3-3--3-3-|-0R-0-0-0-0-1R--1-1-1--1-1--1-1-|
|-3R--3-3-3-3-0R--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-|-1R-1-1-1-1-1R--1-1-1--1-1--1-1-|
|-2R--2-2-2-2-0R--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-|-0R-0-0-0-0-2R--2-2-2--2-2--2-2-|
|-0R--0-0-0-0-0R--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-|-2R-2-2-2-2-3R--3-3-3--3-3--3-3-|
|-------------2R--2-2-2--2-2--2-2-|-3R-3-3-3-3-3R--3-3-3--3-3--3-3-|
|-------------3R--3-3-3--3-3--3-3-|------------1R--1-1-1--1-1--1-1-|




Never I asked of you...            But never I gave...
|-1R--1-1-1-1-3R--3-3-3--3-3--3-3-|-0R-0-0-0-0-1R--1-1-1--1-1--1-1-|
|-3R--3-3-3-3-0R--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-|-1R-1-1-1-1-1R--1-1-1--1-1--1-1-|
|-2R--2-2-2-2-0R--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-|-0R-0-0-0-0-2R--2-2-2--2-2--2-2-|
|-0R--0-0-0-0-0R--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-|-2R-2-2-2-2-3R--3-3-3--3-3--3-3-|
|-------------2R--2-2-2--2-2--2-2-|-3R-3-3-3-3-3R--3-3-3--3-3--3-3-|
|-------------3R--3-3-3--3-3--3-3-|------------1R--1-1-1--1-1--1-1-|

But you gave me your emptiness      And I'll take it to my grave...
|-1R--1-1-1-1-3R--3-3-3--3-3--3-3-|-0R-0-0-0-0-1R--1-1-1--1-1--1-1-|
|-3R--3-3-3-3-0R--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-|-1R-1-1-1-1-1R--1-1-1--1-1--1-1-|
|-2R--2-2-2-2-0R--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-|-0R-0-0-0-0-2R--2-2-2--2-2--2-2-|
|-0R--0-0-0-0-0R--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-|-2R-2-2-2-2-3R--3-3-3--3-3--3-3-|
|-------------2R--2-2-2--2-2--2-2-|-3R-3-3-3-3-3R--3-3-3--3-3--3-3-|
|-------------3R--3-3-3--3-3--3-3-|------------1R--1-1-1--1-1--1-1-|

So let this heart be still...
|-1R-0R-1R-3R----|
|-3R-1R-3R-0R-1R-|
|-2R-0R-3R-0R-2R-|
|-0R-2R-3R-0R-2R-|
|----3R-1R-2R----|
|----------3R----|

Solo(James on acoustic guitar):
  
|-1R--1-1-1-1-3R--3-3-3--3-3--3-3-|-0R-0-0-0-0-1R--1-1-1--1-1--1-1-|
|-3R--3-3-3-3-0R--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-|-1R-1-1-1-1-1R--1-1-1--1-1--1-1-|
|-2R--2-2-2-2-0R--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-|-0R-0-0-0-0-2R--2-2-2--2-2--2-2-|
|-0R--0-0-0-0-0R--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-|-2R-2-2-2-2-3R--3-3-3--3-3--3-3-|
|-------------2R--2-2-2--2-2--2-2-|-3R-3-3-3-3-3R--3-3-3--3-3--3-3-|
|-------------3R--3-3-3--3-3--3-3-|------------1R--1-1-1--1-1--1-1-|

|-1R--1-1-1-1-3R--3-3-3--3-3--3-3-|-0R-0-0-0-0-1R--1-1-1--1-1--1-1-|
|-3R--3-3-3-3-0R--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-|-1R-1-1-1-1-1R--1-1-1--1-1--1-1-|
|-2R--2-2-2-2-0R--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-|-0R-0-0-0-0-2R--2-2-2--2-2--2-2-|
|-0R--0-0-0-0-0R--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-|-2R-2-2-2-2-3R--3-3-3--3-3--3-3-|
|-------------2R--2-2-2--2-2--2-2-|-3R-3-3-3-3-3R--3-3-3--3-3--3-3-|
|-------------3R--3-3-3--3-3--3-3-|------------1R--1-1-1--1-1--1-1-|

Ending of the song:

So let this heart be still...
|-1R-0R-1R-3R----|
|-3R-1R-3R-0R-1R-|
|-2R-0R-3R-0R-2R-|
|-0R-2R-3R-0R-2R-|
|----3R-1R-2R----|
|----------3R----|





Lyrics:

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 owned 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
Or let this heart be still.


*Intro again*


*Verse 2*

Dm
Rebel my new last name
C                Am
Wild blood in my veins
Dm
Apron 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
So 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
And now 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
And now 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
Unspoken hear me be
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
But a 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
Or let this heart be still...
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....


*Solo*


*Bridge*

Dm      G
Never I asked of you
C          F
But never I gave
Dm                  G
But you gave me your emptiness
C                 F
And now 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
And now take to my grave


*Ending* 
 
   Dm   C   Bb    G  Am
So let this heart be still...
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