Hey Ma chords by Aaron Rowe

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Key: C

Intro:

C


Verse 1:
C                                           Dm7
You can see the mansions from the council estate
                           F                                            C
And there’s a big old rain cloud, forming overhead now, as I leave this place
                                                             Dm7
‘Cause down here no one’s special, and they’d kill ya if ya tried
                           F
But they’d help you in a heartbeat, if they couldn’t stop you bleeding,
                         C
They’d die there by your side

Chorus:
    Am7 G             C     F
Hey ma, I crossed the sea today
          Am7  G              C
Would you mind checking in on Mick for me
F           Am7           G        C         F
Tell me you know I had to go but I wanted to stay
Am7 G C F     Dm7
Hey…    hey ma


Verse 2:
              C
Is Pj off the drink still
                      Dm7
Is it raining up in Shankill
                   F
Yenno I'd be doing alright
                              C
If I had someone to shoot the breeze with
                          G
Just once in every while


Chorus:
    Am G         C          F
Hey Ma, I’m just calling to say
        Am7           G                C                  F
All the words that’ll make you think I breeze through the day
            Am7               G           C
Yeah, and I know it’s just an hour on the aeroplane
F        Am7             G              C      F
But that doesn’t stop it feeling like a world away
Am7 G C F  Am7 G C F  Dm
Hey…       hey    ma


Verse 3:
              C
Living in the city
                                   Dm7
And although the London lights are pretty
                     F
Nobody stops see the beauty
F
Of what is going on
                    C
What’s really going on


Out-Chorus:
G   Am7 G             C        F
Hey ma, I crossed the street today
          Am7     G               C       F
I said hello to a stranger but he walked away
            Am7         G                   C        F
I’m sending love from a street where no one knows my name
           Am7        G                     C      F Am
And I hope when I get back that things will be the same
G    C   F
Hey… hey ma
Am7 G C F
Hey…
Am7 G C F Dm
Hey…    ma
C    F
 Hey ma