Mama Wheres My Daddy Guitar Tabs by Keb Mo

Playing Notes:

/ - slide up
\ - slide down
s - slide between notes
p - pull off
h - hammer on
b - bend note
* - played without slide

played in Open G (D G D G B D from low to high)

   (*                     *)                                 (* *) 
D-|-------0------------0---------(5)/9~-9-9-9-s-5--5--5---0----------------|
B-|----3-----3------3---------------------------------------0-1p0----------|
G-|----5-----4------2-----3---------------------------------------0--------|
D-|-----------------------4------------------------------------------------|
G-|-0-----------0------------0---------------------------------------0-----|
D-|------------------------------------------------------------------------|



|----------------------------------------------------------------/5~-------|
|-0------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0---0-------------0---------------/3-0---0-------------------0------0---0|
|----------------/3-----------------------------------------/3-------------|
|---0---0--0--0--------0--0--0--0--------0----0-----0-------------------0--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                            Oh mama,       where's my daddy

                                 (*    *)
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------/5-/3------------------------0----/5--3--/5---3p0------------|
|-------------------/5p0--3-/5----3p0--------------------------------------|
|-------------/5-/3------------0------3b-0----0-/5--3--/5---3p0--------0---|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  why don't he ever come around                  mama      where's my daddy

                                     (*    *)
|------/5---------------------------------------/5-------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----0-------0---------------0-----------------------0--0---/3----0--------|
|-/3-----/3----/3---0----/3------/5---3p0------------0------------------/3-|
|------------0----------------------------3b-0-------0----0-----3----0-----|
|--------/3-------0---0----------------------------------------------------|
         is he no - where to be found


|----------------------/5~-------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0---0--------------0---------------------/3-0--0------0--/5---/3---------|
|-----------------/3-----------------------------0--/3--------------/5p0-/3|
|---0---0---0---0------------0----0----0---------0------0--/5---/3---------|
|---------------------------------------------------/3--------------/5p0---|
         oho mama          where's my daddy         can we call him  on the

         (*    *)
|--------------------------------------------------------/5~---------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------0-------0-/5-0---/5----0--/3p0------0------------0------|
|--/5--0--3p0--------------------------------------3p0----------/3-----/3--|
|-------------3b-0---------0-/5-0---/5----0--/3p0------------0------0------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------/3--------0|
  phone               does he ever thinks about us             does he have

                    (*    *)
|-----------------------------/5~------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------/12~------------|
|-----------0--/3p0----------------0--0---/3---0-----------/12~------------|
|-0----/3------------3p0-----------0-----------------------/12~------------|
|-----------0------------3b-0------0----0----3---0-------0------0----0-----|
|---0--/3------------------------------------------------------------------|
  a   heart of stone                                momma         what's the

                                                (*    *)
|-------------/5~----------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------/3-0--------------0--/5-/3---------0-------------0---0-------/5---|
|--------------------/3-------------5p0-/3-----0-3p0-----------------------|
|--0-----/3-0-----0--------0--/5-/3------------------3b-0---0---------/5---|
|--------------------/3-------------5p0------------------------------------|
  matter           why's there water in your eyes               do you need

                        (*    *)
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3--0----/3--0--/3-0-------------------------0---/3p0------------0-------|
|------------------------3p0--------0-----/3----------------/3---------/5-0|
|--3----0--/3--0--/3---0-----3b--0-----------------------0-----------------|
|-------------------------------------0---------------------/3-------------|
  him as  much as I do                I love you  mother   please don't cry

 (*    *)
|--------------/5----------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------0-------0---/3---0---0---------3--/5--/5-/5---0--/3-0---/3p0----|
|-3p0------------------------------/5--------------------------------------|
|-----3b-0---0-------0----3---0-----------3--/5--/5-/5---0--/3-0---------0-|
|----------------------------------/5--------/5----------------------------|
                                  where does he come from what does he look
                                                                       like
 
 (* *)                                (*    *)
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------0--/5--/3---------------------------0---0-----------/5-0--/5-0|
|-3p0----/3------------/5-0--3---/5-----3p0--------------------------------|
|-----0---------/5--/3---------------0------3b-0---0-------------/5-0--/5-0|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
        does he have a face like mine                   and is he ever comin'

           (* *)
|-----------------/5-------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------7---------|
|--/3---0-------0------------0-------------------------7----0-/7-----------|
|-----------3p0-------0--/3------/3----0---/3---0--------------------7-----|
|--/3---0------------------------------------------/7~---7--0-/7---7-------|
|------------------------------------0---0----0----------------------------|
  back here          and why he leaves us  here behind                 when


|--------------/5----------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0---------0--------------------------------------0---/5--/3---0------0--|
|---------/3--------/5--------------------0-0---/3------------------/3-----|
|------3----------0---------------------------0---------/5--/3---0---------|
|-------------------/5-----------------------------------------------------|
  did you           and daddy get married       was it nineteen and eighty

        (*    *)
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------0---0---/3---0---/5---3----0-------3p0---------0-------0-|
|--/5----3p0------------------------------------/3-----------3p0-----/3----|
|------0-----3b-0---0---0-/3---0---/5---3----0-------------0-------0-----0-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------/3----|
 three                    son your daddy and I were married          but he

                           (*    *)
|-------------------------------------/5\------------------------------/5--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--/5---3---0----------0------------------/3-0--0-0-----------/3--0--------|
|--------------/3--0-----/5--3p0----------------------0---0----------------|
|--/5---3---0--------------------3b-0-----/3-0--0-0-0---0---0-/3----0------|
|-------------/3--0--------------------------------------------------------|
  just wasn't married to me                                   oho mama


|----------------------/12~------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---/3----0----------0-------------0------/5-3--0-----------0----------0--0|
|-----------------/3------------------------------0--3--/5----3p0----------|
|---/3----0-----------------0-------------/5-3--------------------3b-0---0-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 where's my daddy             why don't he ever come around

                                   (*       *)
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---0---/5-/3p0-/5-/3----------0----------------0---0----0----------------0|
|-----------------------------------3p0-0h3-/5--------/3----/3-----0---/3--|
|-0---0-/5-/3p0-/5-/3------------0----------------0------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------/3-------0-----|
         mama      where's my daddy                   is he no - where to be

          (*    *)        (*               *)
|---------------------/5~----0----------0------(5)/9~---|
|--------------------------3----3----3------------------|
|--------------------------5----4----2-----3------------|
|---/5-----3p0------0----------------------4------------|
|-------0------3b-0---------------0---------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
  found

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