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  Mama knows the highway by the songs 
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When she hears a good one, she always sings along 
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She don't ever worry 'bout what's gone 
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She says, "good country music will never steer you wrong" 
 
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She talks to the truckers with her lights 
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Maybe just a little bit more on Saturday nights 
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She knows a good road to paradise 
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And that's just enough to keep the highway bright 
 
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Yeah, Mama knows the highway now by heart 
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She can see the rain before it starts 
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Looking clear through a windshield full of stars 
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  Mama knows the highway now by heart 
 
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She can tell Wyoming by the wind 
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She can tell another trucker by the rig that he's in 
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She knows how to watch the river bends 
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She knows where the real South begins 
 
Well, Mama knows the highway now by heart 
She can see the rain before it starts 
Looking clear through a windshield full of stars 
Mama knows the highway now by heart 
 
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{guitar solo} 
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{piano solo} 
 
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She can gauge a cafe just by looking at the sign 
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  Little old places always share the grand design 
 
Mama knows the highway now by heart 
She can see the rain before it starts 
Looking clear through a windshield full of stars 
G                 D            Em     Em  
  Mama knows the highway now by heart 
 
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Mama knows the highway now by heart 
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Mama knows the highway, yeah, yeah yeah 
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{instrumental; repeat and fade}