| C         | C          | F        F#dim7| C/G
| C         | C          | F     F#dim7   | C/G G#dim7 Am |


[Verse 1]
C                                     E7
Perhaps it's the color of the sun cut flat
    Am            D7/F#
An' cov'rin' the crossroads I'm standing at
   C                  C/B Am  C/G        Fmaj7
Or maybe it's the weather or something like that
    C/G            G6     C
But mama you been on my mind.
 

[Verse 2]
C                                                      E7
I don't mean trouble please don't put me down or get upset
                 Am   D7/F#
I am not pleadin' or sayin' "I can't forget."
  C                C/B      Am          C/G         Fmaj7
I do not walk the floor bowed down an' bent but yet
 C/G           G6    C
Mama you been on my mind.
 

[Verse 3]
      C
Even though my mind is hazy an' my thoughts they might be narrow
            E7/B             Am     D7/F#
Where you been don't bother me nor bring me down in sorrow.
    C     C/B   Am               C/B      Fmaj7
It don't even matter to me where you're wakin' up tomorrow
F#dim7 C          G6         C
But mama you're just on my mind.
 

[Verse 4]
         C                                       E7/B
I am not askin' you to say words like "yes" or "no"
            Am          D7/F#
Please understand me I got no place for you t' go.
          C            C/B Am                  Fmaj7
I'm just breathin' to myself pretendin' not that I don't know
C/G          G6       C
Mama you been on my mind.
 

[Instrumental]

| C  E7  | Am   |  D7/F#         | C/G C/B Am |
| F  F#dim7    |  C/G   G6   |   C G     | G7 N.C. |


[Outro]
         C
When you wake up in the mornin' baby look inside your mirror.
     E7                               Am    Am/G     D7/F#
You know I won't be next to you you know I won't be near.
          C                             Fmaj7
I'd just be curious to know if you can see yourself as clear
F#dim7  C/G         G7               C  G  G7   C
As someone who has had you on his mind