Mama You’ve Been On My Mind [Demo] - George Harrison Demo recorded ca. 1983 From: "Early Takes Vol 1" Play: C For chords in original key transpose +2 C x-3-2-0-1-3 C/B x-2-x-0-1-3 Am x-0-2-2-1-0 Am/G 3-x-2-2-1-0 F 1-3-3-2-1-1 F/E 0-3-3-x-x-x C/G 3-x-2-0-1-0 D7/F# 2-x-0-2-1-2 G/B x-2-0-0-0-3 G/E x-x-2-0-0-3 G/D x-x-0-0-0-3 G/F x-x-3-0-0-3 ------------ [Intro] | / / |2/4 / |4/4 / | |2/4 | 4/4 / / / | | / | / | / | | [Verse 1] Perhaps it’s the color of the sun cut flat An’ cov’rin’ the crossroads I’m standing at Or maybe it’s the weather or something like that But mama you’re just on my mind | / | / | / | / | / / / | [Verse 2] I don’t mean trouble please don’t put me down or get upset I am not pleadin’ or sayin’ "I can’t forget" I do not walk the floor bowed down an’ bent but yet Mama you been on my mind | / | / | / | / | / / / | [Verse 3] I am not asking you to say words like "yes" or "no" Please understand me I’m not calling for you to go I’m just breathing to myself pretendin’ not that I don’t know Mama you’re just on my mind | / / |2/4 / |4/4 / | / / / | [Verse 4] When you wake up in the mornin’ baby look inside your mirror You know I won’t be next to you you know I won’t be there I’d just be curious to know if you can see yourself as clear As someone who has had you on his mind [Coda] | / | / | / | / | Someone who has had you on his mind | | / | | % | / | % | Or maybe it’s the weather or something like that But mama you’re just on my mind | / / |2/4 / |4/4 / | / / / | | ------------ This verse from Dylan’s original (between Harrison’s verses 2 and 3) is left out in Harrison’s version: Even though my mind is hazy an’ my thoughts they might be narrow Where you been don’t bother me nor bring me down in sorrow It don’t even matter to me where you’re wakin’ up tomorrow But mama you’re just on my mind