Biography:
The Civil Wars were an American musical duo composed of singer-songwriters Joy Williams and John Paul White. After releasing a live-performance album and a four-song EP, their full-length album Barton Hollow was released in 2011. The band won the Grammy Award for Best Country Duo/Group Performance and Best Folk Album in 2012.
Williams and White met in 2008, during a song-writing session or "writing camp" at a music studio in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Other songs:
- 20 Years
- Barton Hollow
- Between The Bars
- Birds Of A Feather
- Cest La Mort
- Dance Me To The End Of Love
- Devils Backbone
- Disarm
- Dust To Dust
- Falling
- Forget Me Not
- From This Valley
- Girl With The Red Balloon
- I Had Me A Girl
- I've Got This Friend
- If I Didn't Know Better
- Kingdom Come
- Poison And Wine
- Sour Times
- The Girl With The Red Balloon
- Tip Of My Tongue
- To Whom It May Concern
- C’est La Mort
- Devil’s Backbone
- Eavesdrop
- I’ve Got This Friend
- The One That Got Away
- You Are My Sunshine
- Billie Jean
- Go
- Goodbye Girl
- I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day
- I Want You Back
- If I Didnt Know Better
- Ive Got This Friend
- Lily Love
- O Come O Come Emmanuel
- Oh Henry
- One That Got Away
- Sacred Heart
- Same Old Same Old
- Tell Mama
- Tracks In The Snow
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Scale: G Minor
Time Signature: 4/4
Tempo: 74
[Intro]
Gm Eb x2
[Verse]
Gm F
You thought you had found a good girl
Eb Cm Gm
One to love you and give you the world
Gm F
Now you find that you’ve been misused
Eb Cm
Talk to me, I’ll do what you choose
Cm Gm
I want you to…
[Chorus]
Gm Eb Gm
Tell Mama all about it
Eb
Tell Mama what you need
Gm Eb
Tell mama
Cm Gm Eb
And I’ll make everything alright
Gm Eb
Gm F
That girl you had didn’t have no sense
Eb Cm Gm
She wasn’t worth all the time that you spent
Gm F
She had another man throw you outdoors
Eb Cm Gm
Now the same man is wearing your clothes
[Chorus]
Gm Eb Gm
Tell Mama all about it
Eb
Tell Mama what you need
Gm Eb
Tell Mama
Cm Gm F Eb
And I’ll make everything alright
[Interlude]
Gm F Eb Cm Gm x3
[Verse]
Gm
She would embarrass you anywhere
Eb F
She’d let everybody know she didn’t care
Gm Bb
Give me a chance, I’ve been beggin’ you
Eb F
And I just want to take care of you
Gm
I want you to…
[Chorus]
Gm Eb Gm
Tell Mama all about it
Eb
Tell Mama what you need
Gm Eb
Tell mama
Cm Gm Eb
And I’ll make everything alright
Time Signature: 4/4
Tempo: 74
[Intro]
Gm Eb x2
[Verse]
Gm F
You thought you had found a good girl
Eb Cm Gm
One to love you and give you the world
Gm F
Now you find that you’ve been misused
Eb Cm
Talk to me, I’ll do what you choose
Cm Gm
I want you to…
[Chorus]
Gm Eb Gm
Tell Mama all about it
Eb
Tell Mama what you need
Gm Eb
Tell mama
Cm Gm Eb
And I’ll make everything alright
Gm Eb
Gm F
That girl you had didn’t have no sense
Eb Cm Gm
She wasn’t worth all the time that you spent
Gm F
She had another man throw you outdoors
Eb Cm Gm
Now the same man is wearing your clothes
[Chorus]
Gm Eb Gm
Tell Mama all about it
Eb
Tell Mama what you need
Gm Eb
Tell Mama
Cm Gm F Eb
And I’ll make everything alright
[Interlude]
Gm F Eb Cm Gm x3
[Verse]
Gm
She would embarrass you anywhere
Eb F
She’d let everybody know she didn’t care
Gm Bb
Give me a chance, I’ve been beggin’ you
Eb F
And I just want to take care of you
Gm
I want you to…
[Chorus]
Gm Eb Gm
Tell Mama all about it
Eb
Tell Mama what you need
Gm Eb
Tell mama
Cm Gm Eb
And I’ll make everything alright
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