Am                                    C
Well, I can't sell my momma short on loving me
D                                    Am
I guess that's why she let me go so far
Am                                C
Momma tried stopped me short of stealing
D                                      Am
I guess that's why I had to steal that car

C                              
She told me not to smoke it
      D            G          Am
But I did and it took me far away
        C
And I turned out to be
       D                  Am
The only hell mama ever raised

Am                   C                 D           Am
I rode into Atlanta, stolen tags and almost out of gas
C                             D          G                     Am
I had to get some money, and lately I'd learned how to get it fast
      C                    D                                  Am
Those neon lights is calling me and somehow I had to get downtown
C                            D        G                 Am
I reached into the glovebox, another liquor store went down

C                               D                        G    Am
And I sing "Precious Memories," take me back to the good ol' days
C                             D                     Am
I can hear my momma singing, "Rock of Ages" die for me
C                                 D            G                  Am
She tried to turn me on to Jesus, but I turned on to the devil's ways
C                          D                         Am
And I turned out to be the only hell my momma ever raised

Solo
Am C D Am Am C D G Am

Am                                    C         D           Am
When they put those handcuffs on me, Lord how I fought to resist
C                                    D              G            Am
But that agent clamped 'em tighter, 'til that metal bit into my wrist
Am                                      C                    D             Am    
They took my belt and my billfold, my fingerprints, and the profile of my face
           C                    D                   Am
Then they locked away the only hell my momma ever raised

C                                D                       G    Am
And I sing "Precious Memories," take me back to the good ol' days
C                              D                    Am
I can hear my momma singing, "Rock of Ages" die for me
C                                 D            G                  Am
She tried to turn me on to Jesus, but I turned on to the devil's ways
C                           D                        Am
And I turned out to be the only hell my momma ever raised 2x