Mama I Dont Believe Chords
Mama I Dont Believe by The Avett Brothers is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D, C, Em and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
G D C
G Em D
C G
C D
G D Em
I lay here pretending to sleep
C D G Em
Someone’s always asking for something of me
C D G Em
I try to hide but I’m stripped of my strength
C G C G
Bound by the truth, bored by the speed
Em D G
And the promise of the fortune it brings
C D G
Oh mama, I just don't believe
G D Em
Like it happened in a Broadway scene
C D G Em
Are we still acting, is this the real you and me
C D G Em
The words don’t flow, but my heart it still bleeds
C G C G
Bound by the love, the warmth that it brings
Em D G
And its promise to fix everything
C D G
Oh mama, I just don't believe
C D G
Angel wings tied to memories
Bm Em Bm Em
They'll never fly, for you and I
C D G
Angel wings tied to melodies
Bm Em C D
They'll never sing, for you and me
G D C
G Em D
C G
C D
G D Em
A young man whose soul was burning
C D G
The hands of the people guiding him on
G D Em
He was moving along, mama he was cooking
C G C G
But the calendar won, his earnings are gone
Em D G
And this fortune that this young man saw
C D G
Oh mama, I don’t believe in it at all
C D G
Angel wings tied to memories
Bm Em Bm Em
They'll never fly, for you and I
C D G
Angel wings tied to melodies
Bm Em C D
They'll never sing, for you and me
Bm Em C D
For you and me, They'll never sing
Bm Em C D
They'll never sing, They'll never sing
Bm Em C D
They'll never sing, They'll never sing
C D G
Oh mama, I just don't believe
C D G
Oh mama, I just don't believe