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Mamas Eyes
Justin Townes Earle
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Justin Townes Earle
Mama's Eyes
Capo 5th fret
C F C
I am my fathers son
F C G
never knowing when to shut up
Am G F C
I ain't fooling no one
F G C
I am my father's son
C F C
We don't see eye to eye
F C G
I'll be the first to admit I never tried
Am G F C
'n' sure it hurts, but it should hurt sometime
F G C
we don't see eye to eye
C F C
I was a young man when
F C G
I first found the pleasure in the feel of his hand
Am G F C F
I went down the same road as my old man
G C
I was younger then
Am F C G
now its three a.m. and I'm standing in the kitchen
Am F C
holding my last cigarette
Am F C G F
strike a match 'n' I see my reflection in the mirror in the hall
G
and I say to myself
C F C
I've got my mama's eyes
F C G
her long thin frame 'n' her smile
Am G F C
and I still see wrong from right
F G C
cuz I've got my mama's eyes
F G C
yea I've got my mama's eyes
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