Link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aoife_O'Donovan
Aoife O’Donovan is an American singer and songwriter. She is best known as the
lead singer for the progressive bluegrass/string band, Crooked Still, and a member
of the female folk-noir trio. Her first professional engagement was singing lead
for the folk group The Wayfaring Strangers.
There are quite a few different versions of this song by Aiofe but they all follow
the same kind of chord pattern. Check out this and her other songs on YOU TUBE
Intro
D G D G
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/aoife_o_donovan/o_mama_crd.html ]
Verse 1
D Cadd9 [ch]G6/B[/ch] D
When I was a barmaid you were my mead
D Cadd9 [ch]G6/B[/ch] A7sus4
When I was a brave knight you were my steed
D Cadd9 [ch]G6/B[/ch] Am7
When I was so lonesome I wanted to cry
C Em Asus4 A
you came to me in the night
Chorus
D G D G
You cried o mama sing me a love song
Bm Em F G
pour me some bourbon and lay me down low
D G D G Bm Em
O baby my poor heart is braking I feel the ground shakin
F G D
under my feet just put me to sleep
Verse 2 Follow the same chords as verse 1
When I was a sailor you were my land
Always receding nowhere to stand
And when I fell over you were the wind you picked me on on your tail
Chorus
Verse 3 Follow the same chords as verse 1
When I was a farmer you were my rain
When I was a young lover you were my pain
And when all the fireflies that we trapped in jars last night escaped under the stars
Chorus
