Edwin McCain - Letter to My Mother

      

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 "Letter To My Mother" by Edwin McCain
 From the album "Far From Over"

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 Tabbed by: Aaron Field
 Email: Oasis4U2NV@tampabay.rr.com
 
 **Open D Tuning**
 
 Chords used:
 
 D C#m6 C G Bm7 F#m7 Em7 A D Em7/11 F#m7/11 G/Bb

 D |--0-----0-----0-----0----0----0-----0----0----0-----0--------0------0--|
 A |--0-----0-----0-----0----0----0-----0----0----0-----0--------0------0--|
 F#|--12----10----10----5----8----3-----1----7----0-----1--------3------1--|
 D |--0-----0-----0-----0----7----2-----0----0----0-----2--------4------0--|
 A |--0-----0-----0-----0----9----4-----0----0----0-----2--------4------1--|
 D |--12----11----10----5----9----4-----2----7----0-----0--------0------0--|
 

 
 *Note: These may not be the actual chord names but they're pretty close
 
 Intro Riff:
 
 D C#m6 C G 
     

 D |--0---0----0--0--0--0---0----0---0----0--0--0--0---0-----0---0----0--0--0--0---0-----0---|
 A |--0---0----0--0--0--0---0----0---0----0--0--0--0---0-----0---0----0--0--0--0---0-----0---|
 F#|--12--12---12-12h13-12--12---10--10---10-10h12-10--10----10--10---10-10h12-10--10----5---|
 D |--0---0----0--0--0--0---0----0---0----0--0--0--0---0-----0---0----0--0--0--0---0-----0---|
 A |--0---0----0--0--0--0---0----0---0----0--0--0--0---0-----0---0----0--0--0--0---0-----0---|
 D |--12--12---12-12-12-12--12---11--11---11-11-11-11--11----10--10---10-10-10-10--10----5---|
 

 
 
 Intro: (Play Intro Riff) x2
 
 Verse 1:
 
 D              C#m6                  
 Mama, how do I write the words to you
              C            G            
 You were the only one who loved me true
               D             C#m6           
 But there's a woman that we don't even know
             C              G             
 She gave me life, then you gave me a home
 
 Chorus 1:
 
             Bm7 
 I love you, Mama
               F#m7        
 But I want to tell her too
 Em7 G A (Repeat Intro Riff)
 Is that her little boy still loves you
 
 Verse 2:
 
            D              C#m6        
 I close my eyes, does she look like me
          C                    G                 
 Does she need my help, is she cold on the street
            D             C#m6               
 Or am I forgotten like a bad childhood dream
   C                    G                     
 A B-movie actor on the black and white screen
 
 Chorus 2:
 
             Bm7 
 I love you, Mama
               F#m7        
 But I want to tell her too
             Em7        G     A     D  
 Is that her little boy still loves you
 Em7 G A D
 Is that her little boy still loves you
 
 Bridge:
 
 Em7/11                  F#m7/11        
  Could I have seen her, I'll never know
             Em7/11            F#m7/11         
 Maybe she's always been there watching me grow
             Em7/11       F#m7/11      
 I wanted to tell her how grateful I am
               G                   G/Bb           
 For giving me life, I've done the best that I can
 
 Solo:
 
 (Repeat Intro Riff) then
 
 D     C#m6  
 Ohhhh ohhhhh
 
 C     G   
 Ohhhh yeah
 
 Chorus 3:
 
             Bm7 
 I love you, Mama
               F#m7        
 But I want to tell her too
             Em7        G     A     D  
 Is that her little boy still loves you
 Em7 G A D
 Her little boy still loves you
 
 Outro: Em7 - G - A - D