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[Each chord is one measure, except two chords joined by a hyphen are one
measure total. (Em - D, G - G/F#, C - G/B, G - D)]
[The chords with * have that little mandolin part with F# and G notes.]
SOL DO SOL MIm - RE SOL DO SOL MIm - RE
intro
SOL DO SOL SOL
Mama knows the highway by the songs
SOL SOL RE RE
When she hears a good one, she always sings along
SOL DO SOL SOL
She don't ever worry 'bout what's gone
SOL SOL RE SOL SOL
She says, "good country music will never steer you wrong"
SOL DO SOL SOL
She talks to the truckers with her lights
SOL LA RE RE
Maybe just a little bit more on Saturday nights
SOL DO SOL SOL
She knows a good road to paradise
SOL RE SOL SOL
And that's just enough to keep the highway bright
DO DO SOL SOL
Yeah, Mama knows the highway now by heart
SOL - SOL/FA# MIm RE RE
She can see the rain before it starts
SOL DO/SOL SOL DO/SOL
Looking clear through a windshield full of stars
SOL RE SOL DO SOL MIm - RE
Mama knows the highway now by heart
SOL DO SOL SOL
She can tell Wyoming by the wind
SOL SOL SOL RE RE
She can tell another trucker by the rig that he's in
SOL DO SOL SOL
She knows how to watch the river bends
SOL RE SOL SOL
She knows where the real South begins
Well, Mama knows the highway now by heart
She can see the rain before it starts
Looking clear through a windshield full of stars
Mama knows the highway now by heart
SOL DO SOL SOL SOL SOL RE RE
[guitar solo]
SOL DO SOL SOL SOL RE SOL SOL
[piano solo]
DO - SOL/SI LAm SOL - RE DO
She can gauge a cafe just by looking at the sign
LA7 LA7 DO DO RE RE
Little old places always share the grand design
Mama knows the highway now by heart
She can see the rain before it starts
Looking clear through a windshield full of stars
SOL RE MIm MIm
Mama knows the highway now by heart
SOL RE SOL DO SOL MIm - RE
Mama knows the highway now by heart
SOL DO SOL MIm - RE
Mama knows the highway, yeah, yeah yeah
SOL DO SOL MIm - RE
[instrumental; repeat and fade]
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