Verse 1
     C                              F 
Hey Mama I can still recall,  That day you came back from the mall, 
      C                                       G 
And showed me that green shirt all fresh and new, 
     C                                F 
You told me I would soon become, and Eagle Scout, your only son, 
   G                                 C 
I didn't know that you would be one too. 
 
Chorus
 C                   G                      C 
Ma, you earned your Eagle, no one can disagree, 
                     F               G                C 
Ma, you earned your Eagle, but they gave the badge to me. 
 
Verse 2
     C                           F 
When I was a young Boy Scout, I wondered, “What's it all about?” 
     C                                  G 
But you made sure I knew the things to do,           “You sure did” 
     C                               F 
You told me I should be prepared, I didn't tell you I was scared, 
            G                             C 
'Cause the only one who was prepared was you. 
 
Chorus
 C                   G                      C 
Ma, you earned your Eagle, no one can disagree, 
                     F               G                C 
Ma, you earned your Eagle, but they gave the badge to me. 
 
Verse 3
    C                                    F 
We hiked and cooked and made a mess, do you feel tired?  Well more or less, 
     C                               G 
But never once have I heard you complain,             “Not once” 
      C                              F 
Even when I blew the kitchen up, or tried to sing, or launched the pup, 
    G                             C 
My ever faithful Mom you still remain. 
 
Chorus
 C                   G                      C 
Ma, you earned your Eagle, no one can disagree, 
                     F               G                C 
Ma, you earned your Eagle, but they gave the badge to me.                                                
 
Verse 4
           “I got one, I got one,” 
      C                              F 
Well once I built a fire out back, about gave her a heart attack, 
    C                               G 
But I assured, “It's all under control,” 
     C                                   F 
But then you heard the sirens roar, and came back running out the door, 
    G                                   C 
To see that he forgot, Stop, Drop, and Roll. 
 
Chorus
 C                   G                      C 
Ma, you earned your Eagle, no one can disagree, 
                     F               G                C7 
Ma, you earned your Eagle, but they gave the badge to me. 
 
Interlude
    F                                              C 
So now you know, about a lot of things, you never knew before, 
      F                                                    G 
Like geode rocks, and stinky socks, and boys who eat, then eat some more,       
                                                                           “Yumm” 
Verse 5
         C                                         F 
You've crammed all twelve of us in your van, with tents and packs and cans of spam, 
      C                             G 
And headed for the hills out on a drive, 
      C                                     F 
But packed in there with smelly boys, and traffic jams and lots of noise, 
        G                          C 
You're only glad you made it out alive. 
 
Chorus
 C                   G                      C 
Ma, you earned your Eagle, no one can disagree, 
                     F               G                C 
Ma, you earned your Eagle, but they gave the badge to me. 
 
Outro
 C                   G                      C 
Ma, you earned your Eagle, no one can disagree, 
                     F 
Ma, you earned your Eagle,  and..  
   G                                           G                      C 
I wanna say thanks but don't know how,  so I wrote this song just to tell you now, 
     G                  C7         G     C     G   C G 
I'm glad we earned our Eagle, Somehow.     “Waahooo”