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Mama Knows The Highway

Biography:

Hal Michael Ketchum (born in Greenwich, New York on 9 April 1953; died 23 November 2020) was an American country musician, songwriter, and performer.

Though Ketchum first began recording in the mid-1980s, not until his 1991 record deal with Curb Records did he have a major hit with the album Past The Point Of Rescue. The title cut to the album was a Top 3 single, and other singles that met similar success included "Small Town Saturday Night" and "Sure Love".

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From: [email protected] (Adam Schneider)

MAMA KNOWS THE HIGHWAY (recorded by Hal Ketchum)
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[Actually in A; capo 2.]
[Each chord is one measure, except two chords joined by a hyphen are one
measure total. (Em - D, G - G/F#, C - G/B, G - D)]
[The chords with * have that little mandolin part with F# and G notes.]

G* C* G* Em - D G* C* G* Em - D
[intro]

G C G G
Mama knows the highway by the songs
G G D D
When she hears a good one, she always sings along
G C G G
She don't ever worry 'bout what's gone
G G D G G
She says, "good country music will never steer you wrong"

G C G G
She talks to the truckers with her lights
G A D D
Maybe just a little bit more on Saturday nights
G C G G
She knows a good road to paradise
G D G G
And that's just enough to keep the highway bright

C C G* G*
Yeah, Mama knows the highway now by heart
G - G/F# Em D D
She can see the rain before it starts
G C/G G C/G
Looking clear through a windshield full of stars
G D G* C* G* Em - D
Mama knows the highway now by heart

G C G G
She can tell Wyoming by the wind
G G G D D
She can tell another trucker by the rig that he's in
G C G G
She knows how to watch the river bends
G D G G
She knows where the real South begins

Well, Mama knows the highway now by heart
She can see the rain before it starts
Looking clear through a windshield full of stars
Mama knows the highway now by heart

G C G G G G D D
[guitar solo]
G C G G G D G G
[piano solo]

C - G/B Am G - D C
She can gauge a cafe just by looking at the sign
A7 A7 C C D D
Little old places always share the grand design

Mama knows the highway now by heart
She can see the rain before it starts
Looking clear through a windshield full of stars
G D Em* Em*
Mama knows the highway now by heart

G D G* C* G* Em - D
Mama knows the highway now by heart
G* C* G* Em - D
Mama knows the highway, yeah, yeah yeah
G* C* G* Em - D
[instrumental; repeat and fade]

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