| C | C | FF#dim7| C/G 
| C | C | FF#dim7 | C/G G#dim7 Am |
 [Verse 1] 
CE7 Perhaps it's the color of the sun cut flat
AmD7/F# An' cov'rin' the crossroads I'm standing at
CC/B AmC/GFmaj7 Or maybe it's the weather or something like that
C/GG6C But mama you been on my mind.
 [Verse 2] 
CE7 I don't mean trouble please don't put me down or get upset
AmD7/F# I am not pleadin' or sayin' "I can't forget."
CC/BAmC/GFmaj7 I do not walk the floor bowed down an' bent but yet
C/GG6C Mama you been on my mind.
 [Verse 3] 
C Even though my mind is hazy an' my thoughts they might be narrow
E7/BAmD7/F# Where you been don't bother me nor bring me down in sorrow.
CC/BAmC/BFmaj7 It don't even matter to me where you're wakin' up tomorrow
F#dim7 CG6C But mama you're just on my mind.
 [Verse 4] 
CE7/B I am not askin' you to say words like "yes" or "no"
AmD7/F# Please understand me I got no place for you t' go.
CC/B AmFmaj7 I'm just breathin' to myself pretendin' not that I don't know
C/GG6C Mama you been on my mind.
 | CE7 | Am | D7/F# | C/G C/B Am | 
| FF#dim7 | C/GG6 | C G | G7 N.C. |
 [Outro] 
C When you wake up in the mornin' baby look inside your mirror.
E7AmAm/GD7/F# You know I won't be next to you you know I won't be near.
CFmaj7 I'd just be curious to know if you can see yourself as clear
F#dim7C/GG7CGG7C