Mama Said Acoustic chords by Metallica

Artist: Metallica
Title: Mama Said
Album: Acoustica

The original version of "Mama Said" appears on the Metallica album "Load".

Tabbed by bernd.egl@freenet.de

"Mama Said" as performed by James Hetfield on single acoustic guitar.
A great song and easy to play.
Tune your guitar down ½ step if you want to play to the record.

h = hammer on
p = pull off
/ = slide up; \ = slide down
b = bend
~ = vibrato/hold note
x = string is not played; () notes in brackets are played very softly

So here we go...

Intro & verse

  Dm        C  C  Am
e---1---0h1--3---1---0---0~~--0---  James plays these chords in little
B---3---3~~--3---3---1---1h3--1---  variations. You'll find out yourself.
G---2---2~~--2---2---0---0~~--2---
D---0---0~~--0---0---2---2~~--2---
A---x---x----x---x---3---3~~--0---
E---x---x----x---x---x---x----x---  Repeat...

  Mama she has told me well...

then

  Dm C  Am  G     Dm C  Bb G  Am
e---1---0---0----3---  e---1---0---1---3---0---
B---3---1---1----0---  B---3---1---3---0---1---
G---2---0---2----0---  G---2---0---3---0---2---
D---0---2---2----0---  D---0---2---3---0---2---
A---x---3---0----2---  A---x---3---1---2---0---
E---x---x---x----3---  E---x---x---x---3---x---

  Let my heart go...  let this heart be still...

  Dm G  C  F     Dm C  Bb G  Am
e---1---3---0---1---  e---1---0---1---3---0---
B---3---0---1---1---  B---3---1---3---0---1---
G---2---0---0---2---  G---2---0---3---0---2---
D---0---0---2---3---  D---0---2---3---0---2---
A---x---2---3---3---  A---x---3---1---2---0---
E---x---3---x---1---  E---x---x---x---3---x---

  Never I asked...  let this heart be still...

  Dm C  Am Dm    Dm
e---1---0---0---1----3---1---
B---3---1---1---3----3---3---
G---2---0---2---2----2---2---
D---0---2---2---0----0---0---
A---x---3---0---x----x---x---
E---x---x---x---x----x---x---
  Let my heart go...


And that's pretty much it. If you see any mistakes, let me know.
bernd.egl@freenet.de
I also tabbed the acoustic version of "Nothing Else Matters", which is already