INTRO
[Dsus] [Dm] [Dsus] [Dm]
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VERSE 1
[Dm]Mamas put your [F]babies to [Bb]sleep,
[C]story too cruelsome for [Bb]them this [C]is.
[Dm]In Junior High [F]she said goo[Bb]dbye,
[C]to her parents and ran a[Bb]way with a [C]boy.
She [Gm]left her [F]family [C]warm and [Dm]kind,
[Gm]all of her [F]friends said "Youre [C]out of your [Dm]mind".
[C]Life of her own she would [Dm]find,
its [Gm]Monday and shes gotta [Bb]grind. [A]
VERSE 2
[Dm]A job as a waitress she [F]sure was to [Bb]find,
[C]beautiful face, [Bb]mind of a [C]child.
[Dm]Boy got her pregnant, [F]Mary-Lou [Bb]cried,
[C]"For this I am too young oh [Bb]why did you [C]lie?"
You [Gm]said "Its [F]okay if we [C]do it [Dm]today",
[Gm]I was so [F]scared that you [C]would go [Dm]away.
[C]"Despite all the papers been [Dm]signed,
[Gm]mama take me back be so [F]kind". [A]
CHORUS
[Dm]Only a [C]child, reckless and [F]wild,
needs to come [Bb]home a[C]gain. [Dm]
He promised the [C]moon but wont [Bb]marry [F]you.[C][Dm]
Nothing to [C]do, eating for [F]two,
hes goin [Bb]out with some[C]one [Dm]new.
Sunshine or [C]rain, its all the [Gm]same,
life isnt [F]gray oh [C]Mary-[Dm]Lou.
VERSE 3
[Dm]Mamas do your [F]children still [Bb]sleep,
[C]in the safe of their [Bb]cradles so [C]sweet.
[Dm]Story I told you I ha[F]ve fores[Bb]een,
[C]your little angel aint [Bb]always so [C]clean.
[Gm]Days to [F]come arent [C]easy to [Dm]see,
[Gm]you can [F]change em but [C]it isnt [Dm]free.
[C]I see that you dont believ[Dm]e,
[Gm]ooo-oo, but [F]you [C]will [Dm]see.
CHORUS x 1
SOLO
Chorus x 2
[Dsus] [Dm] [Dsus] [Dm]
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VERSE 1
[Dm]Mamas put your [F]babies to [Bb]sleep,
[C]story too cruelsome for [Bb]them this [C]is.
[Dm]In Junior High [F]she said goo[Bb]dbye,
[C]to her parents and ran a[Bb]way with a [C]boy.
She [Gm]left her [F]family [C]warm and [Dm]kind,
[Gm]all of her [F]friends said "Youre [C]out of your [Dm]mind".
[C]Life of her own she would [Dm]find,
its [Gm]Monday and shes gotta [Bb]grind. [A]
VERSE 2
[Dm]A job as a waitress she [F]sure was to [Bb]find,
[C]beautiful face, [Bb]mind of a [C]child.
[Dm]Boy got her pregnant, [F]Mary-Lou [Bb]cried,
[C]"For this I am too young oh [Bb]why did you [C]lie?"
You [Gm]said "Its [F]okay if we [C]do it [Dm]today",
[Gm]I was so [F]scared that you [C]would go [Dm]away.
[C]"Despite all the papers been [Dm]signed,
[Gm]mama take me back be so [F]kind". [A]
CHORUS
[Dm]Only a [C]child, reckless and [F]wild,
needs to come [Bb]home a[C]gain. [Dm]
He promised the [C]moon but wont [Bb]marry [F]you.[C][Dm]
Nothing to [C]do, eating for [F]two,
hes goin [Bb]out with some[C]one [Dm]new.
Sunshine or [C]rain, its all the [Gm]same,
life isnt [F]gray oh [C]Mary-[Dm]Lou.
VERSE 3
[Dm]Mamas do your [F]children still [Bb]sleep,
[C]in the safe of their [Bb]cradles so [C]sweet.
[Dm]Story I told you I ha[F]ve fores[Bb]een,
[C]your little angel aint [Bb]always so [C]clean.
[Gm]Days to [F]come arent [C]easy to [Dm]see,
[Gm]you can [F]change em but [C]it isnt [Dm]free.
[C]I see that you dont believ[Dm]e,
[Gm]ooo-oo, but [F]you [C]will [Dm]see.
CHORUS x 1
SOLO
Chorus x 2