Mama Look-a Boo-boo chords by Harry Belafonte

Chords with lyrics

Mama Look A-Boo-Boo:Harry Belafonte.
#11 on Pop charts on RCA Records in 1956.

INTRO: F#F# Bb majorBb F#F# Bb majorBb

#1.
F#F#       BB        C#C# F#F#
I wonder why nobody don't like me..or is it
  BB       C#C#
the fact that I'm ugly?
F#F#       BB        C#C# F#F#
I wonder why nobody don't like me..or is it
  BB       C#C#
the fact that I'm ugly?

#2.
F#F#     C#C#       F#F#
I leave my whole house and home..my children
C#C#        F#F#
don't want me no more.
      C#C#        F#F#
Bad talk inside de house dey bring..and when I
C#C#         F#F#
talk they start to sing..

CHORUS:
F#F#
Mama, look a-boo-boo!! they shout..their mother
G# minorG#m
tell them shut up your mouth.
       F#F#        G# minorG#m     C#C#    F#F#
That is your daddy..oh, no..my daddy can't be ugly, so!!
F#F#                   G# minorG#m   C#C#
Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-boo-boo dey.
F#F#                   G# minorG#m   F#F#
Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-boo-boo dey.

#2.
F#F#        BB    C#C#   F#F#     BB
I couldn't even digest me supper..due to the children's
 F#F#
behavior.
F#F#        BB      C#C#   F#F#
John..(yes, pa)..come here a moment..bring de belt, you're
BB     C#C#
much too impudent.
F#F#       C#C#        F#F#
John says, it's James who started first..James tells the
C#C#     F#F#
story in reverse.
     C#C#        F#F#
I drag my belt from off me waist..you should hear them
C#C#         F#F#
screamin' round de place.

CHORUS:
F#F#
Mama, look a-boo-boo!! they shout..their mother
G# minorG#m
tell them shut up your mouth.
       F#F#        G# minorG#m     C#C#    F#F#
That is your daddy..oh, no..my daddy can't be ugly, so!!
F#F#                   G# minorG#m   C#C#
Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-boo-boo dey.
F#F#                   G# minorG#m   C#C#
Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-boo-boo dey.

#3.
F#F#       BB      C#C#   F#F#
So, I began to question the mother..these children ain't
BB    C#C#
got no behavior.
F#F#       BB      C#C#   F#F#
So, I began to question the mother..these children ain't
BB    C#C#
got no behavior.

#4.
F#F#           C#C#       F#F#
They're making fun, my wife declared..you should be
C#C#        F#F#
proud of them, my dear!!
F#F#         C#C#         F#F#
These children were taught too bloomin' slack..that ain't
  C#C#       F#F#
no kind of joke to crack!!

CHORUS:
F#F#
Mama, look a-boo-boo!! they shout..their mother
G# minorG#m
tell them shut up your mouth.
       F#F#        G# minorG#m     C#C#    F#F#
That is your daddy..oh, no..my daddy can't be ugly, so!!
F#F#                   G# minorG#m   C#C#
Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-boo-boo dey.
F#F#                   G# minorG#m   C#C#
Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-boo-boo dey.

OUTRO:
F#F#                   G# minorG#m   C#C#
Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-boo-boo dey.
F#F#                   G# minorG#m   C#C#
Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-boo-boo dey.
F#F#                   G# minorG#m   C#C#
Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-boo-boo dey.
F#F#                   G# minorG#m   C#C#
Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-boo-boo dey.
F#F#                   G# minorG#m   C#C#
Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-boo-boo dey.
F#F#                   G# minorG#m   C#C#
Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-boo-boo dey..(Fade.)

A augmentedA fifties smash from Kraziekhat.