Mama Tried by Merle Haggard (James Burton & Glen Campbell on Guitar) with TAB

"Mama Tried" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard. It was released in July 1968 as the first single and title track from the album Mama Tried. The song became one of the cornerstone songs of his career. It won the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1999, and was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry due to its "cultural, historic, or artistic significance" on March 23, 2016, just 14 days before Haggard's death.
Released in July 1968, Mama Tried was Merle Haggard's fifth No. 1 song on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart in August. The song spent four weeks at No. 1, and was his biggest hit to that time.
In "Mama Tried", Haggard focuses on the pain and suffering he caused his own mother by being incarcerated in 1957 in San Quentin. However, the song is not literally autobiographical, as many country music historians point out.

Two great guitarists play on the song – James Burton, who played the lead, and Glen Campbell, a star singer in his own right by then.

Here is a list of other artists who covered the song.
The Grateful Dead, The Everly Brothers, Joan Baez, David Allan Coe, Old 97's, Forced Reality,The Seldom Scene, Greensky Bluegrass, Ray LaMontagne, Jim Croce, Albert Lee, Commander Cody, Conway Twitty, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Marty Stuart, Buck Owens, Ray Price, Roger Miller, Waylon Jennings, Percy Sledge, Randy Travis, Reba McEntire, The Buckaroos, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Toby Keith, Troy Cassar-Daley.

Truly amazing!

Here’s the TAB: https://www.dropbox.com/s/wacfatx8b4mimt9/Mama%20Tried.pdf?dl=0

Видео Mama Tried by Merle Haggard (James Burton & Glen Campbell on Guitar) with TAB канала Mark Zabel