C
Perhaps it's the color of the Sun cut flat
C/B    Am          Dm/F#
An' cov'rin' the crossroads I'm standing at
    C      C/B     Am           F          C/G
Or maybe it's the weather or something like that
      G           C/E  G/D  C
But mama, you been on my mind

    C
I don't mean trouble, please don't put me down or get upset
   C/B     Am       Dm/F#
I am not pleadin' or sayin' I can't forget you
    C    C/B     Am            F            C/G
I do not pace the floor bowed down an' bent, but yet
  G           C/E  G/D  C
Mama, you been on my mind

 C
Even though my eyes are hazy an' my thoughts they might be narrow
          C/B        Am                         Dm/F#
Where you been don't bother me or bring me down with sorrow
  C      C/B     Am                F         C/G
I don't even mind who you'll be wakin' with tomorrow
  G              C/E  G/D  C
Mama, you're just on my mind

     C
I am not askin' you to say words like yes or no
  C/B        Am                         Dm/F#
Please understand me, I have no place I'm calling you t' go
  C        C/B         Am 
I'm just whisperin' to myself, so I
         C/G
Can't pretend that I don't know
  G           C/E  G/D  C
Mama, you are on my mind

 C
When you wake up in the mornin', baby, look inside your mirror
C/B  Am             Dm/F#
You know I won't be next to you, you know I won't be near
    C        C/B      Am                 C/G
I'd just be curious to know if you can see yourself as clear
     G             C/E    G/D     C
As someone who has had you on his mind