[Verse 1]
G Em
Mama, just killed a man,
Am D7
Put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger, now he's dead.
G Em
Mama, life had just begun,
Am C/G D7
But now I've gone and thrown it all a-way.
C G Am Dm
Mama, ooh-ooh, didn't mean to make you cry.
G C
If I'm not back again, this time to-morrow;
G Am Fm C
Carry on, carry on, as if nothing really matters.
[Interlude] G 2x
[Verse 2]
G Em
Too late; my time has come,
Am D7
Sent shivers down my spine, body's achin' all the time.
G Em
Goodbye everybody; I've got to go.
Am C/G D7
Gotta leave you all be-hind and face the truth.
C G Am Dm
Mama, ooh-ooh, I don't want to die.
G G7 C G Am
I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all.
Dm G C [Stop] G Am Dm G
C G Am Dm
Mama, ooh-ooh, Say I don't want to die.
G G7 F Fm C/G
I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all.