CAPO: 1st Fret INTRO: C Cadd9-C F (3x) C Cadd9-C F Oh, I am a girl, the forgettable face C F And no matter my colour, no matter my name C F Csus4-F At work there is a boy and he treats me well C F F My old friends from high school, I see them around C F Well, August is here, I can't believe how fast C F Soon there will be winter and snow on the ground Am F Maybe by then I could get my own place C F Closer to the city, if that's okay CHORUS: G Am But Mama, can you hear me? F C As I dragged on my day's last cigarette G Am He pulled me so hard F C Off my very own back door steps G Am And he laid me in his garden F C All the years I've watched him tend G Am And he took me, Mama F C So I could never tell you about it INTERLUDE: Am G F C F And inside of this moment there are things I wish I could know C F Like your ring size and my ring size and the hour I was born Am F And my dad's middle name and your favourite song C F Was your darkest day as dark as this one? CHORUS: G Am Mama, can you hear me? F C As I dragged on my day's last cigarette G Am He pulled me so hard F C Off my very own back door steps G Am And he laid me in his garden F C All the years I've watched him tend G Am And then he took me, Mama F C So I could never tell you about it F C Now I'm a girl who's face they'll never forget INTERLUDE: Am G F Oh ooh oh ohhh Am G F Oh ooh oh ohhh Am G F Oh ooh oh ohhh OUTRO: C Cadd9-C F (3x) C