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Mama Stripped Down Version by Empire Cast

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Intro:
D#m  F#  G#m
D#m  F#  G#m
F#  B  F#  G#m
x2

Verse 1:
 G#m    D#m   F#  
Listen, mama
G#m7                    D#m  F#
So many words to describe you
G#m7                      F#
Strong would be an understatement
  B           F#/A#            G#madd2:
Warrior would suit you so much better
 G#m               D#m   F
‘Cause you’ve been fighting
G#m                  D#m  F#
She was just turning 16
G#m                          F#
Daddy left her out in the cold streets
          B
He wasn’t having it
          F#/A#       G#m            Bbm7
He found all her sins underneath the mattress

Pre-Chorus:
 Bbm7                     Am7 G#m7
Then suddenly her daddy up and died
 G#m7                                  B/C#      Ddim7  
But still she sees her father there in Lucious’ eyes

Chorus:
D#m  F# G#m    D#m  F# G#m
     Mama,       oh mama,
    F#                B
For everything you’ve been through
        F#/A#          G#m
There’s nothing that I won’t do for 
D#m  F# G#m   D#m F# G#m
You, mama,     oh mama
    F#              B
See you deserve the best of
F#/A#               G#m      D#m
What this world can offer to you
 D#m  F#        G#m
      Mama, I love you
     D#m      F#   G#m
Mama mama mama I do love you
F#         B              F#    G#m
    Mama I love you, mama mama

Verse 2:
 G#m             D#m        F#       G#m
In love with the thought of becoming queen
          D#m          F#    G#m
She never told, she did seventeen

 G#m        F#               B
She gave it all so unselfishly
               F#/A#             G#m
And she did it all just for loyalty
           Bbm7
That’s my mama

Pre-Chorus:
 Bbm7                     Am7  G#m7
I never knew someone to sacrifice
 G#m7                     B/C#         Ddim7  D#m
Everything for love, even gave up their whole lives

Chorus:
 D#m  F# G#m  D#m F# G#m
           Oh mama
    F#                B
For everything you’ve been through
        F#/A#          G#m
There’s nothing that I won’t do for 
D#m  F# G#m   D#m F# G#m
You,       oh mama
    F#              B
See you deserve the best of
F#/A#               G#m     
What this world can offer 

Bridge:
G#m7 Am7 Bbm7                       Bbm7 Am7 B/C#
         You’re the reason for my being here
 B/C#                             B/C# Am7 Bbm7
     Mama I’m so grateful, yes I am
 Bbm7                          Bbm7 Am7 G#m7
I'm gon' be the one to guide your heart
D#m               G#m7                 B/C#    Ddim7  D#m
Although Lucious raised us, you still made us from the sun

Chorus:
 D#m  F# G#m            D#m F# G#m
             Mama, oh mama
    F#                B
For everything you’ve been through
        F#/A#          G#m
There’s nothing that I won’t do for 
D#m  F# G#m   D#m F# G#m
You,       oh mama
    F#              B
See you deserve the best of
F#/A#               G#m     
What this world can offer 
D#m