[Verse 1]
[F]                                        [A]
Perhaps it is the color of the sun cut flat
       [Dm]            [Dm7]
And cov'rin' the crossroad I'm standing at,
   [F]              [A]          [Dm]           [A#]
Or maybe it's the weather or something like that,
    [F]              [C]         [F]
But mama, you been on my mind.

[F]                                                    [A]
I mean no trouble, please don't put down, don't get upset,
         [Dm]           [Dm7]
I am not pleadin' or sayin', "I can't forget you".
  [F]               [A]          [Dm]                  [A#]
I do not pace the floor bowed down an' bent, but yet,
      [F]             [C]         [F]
Well, mama you been on my mind.

[F]
Even though my eyes are hazy an' my thoughts they might be narrow,
[A]                   [Dm]           [Dm7]
Where you been don't bother me, or bring me down with sorrow
[F]            [A]                 [Dm]               [A#]
I don't even mind who you'll be wakin' with tomorrow,
    [F]             [C]         [F]
But mama you been on my mind.

[F]                                               [A]
I'm not askin' you to say words like "yes" or "no",
            [Dm]                 [Dm7]
Please understand me, I have no place I'm calling you to go.
         [F]             [A]                [Dm]                  [A#]
I'm just whispering to myself so I can't pretend that I don't know,
[F]              [C]        [F]
Mama, you just on my mind.

[F]                                                    [A]
When you wake up in the morning', baby take a look inside the mirror.
[Dm]                                  [Dm7]
You know I won't be next to you, you know I won't be near.
[F]          [A]              [Dm]             [A#]
I'd just be curious to know if you can see yourself as clear.
   [F]               [C]                 [F]
As someone who has had you on his mind.