Chords with lyrics
SONG: When You're Good To Mama
ARTIST: John Kander & Fred Ebb
From the musical, Chicago
Fm F7 A#m
Ask any of the chickies in my pen
D#7 G#
They'll tell you I'm the biggest mother hen
C# A#m/G
I love them all and all of them love me
Fm Fdim C7 Fdim/C C7 Fm
Because the system works the system called reciprocity
C7(sus4)/G
C7 Fm
C7(sus4)/G
C7
F
Got a little motto
Fm
Always sees me through
C7
When you're good to Mama
Fm
Mama's good to you
C7(sus4)/G
C7
F
There's a lot of favors
Fm
I'm prepared to do
C7
You do one for Mama
Fm
She'll do one for you
F(susG)
F A# A#m6
They say that life is tit for tat
F
And that's the way I live
Dm F+
So I deserve a lotta tat
G7(sus4) C7
For what I've got to give
F
Don't you know that this hand
Fm
Washes that one too
C7
When you're good to Mama
C#7 C7+5 Fm C7(sus4)
Mama's good to you
C7 Fm
C7(sus4)
C7
F
If you want my gravy
Fm
Pepper my ragout
C7
Spice it up for Mama
Fm
She'll get hot for you
C7(sus4)
C7
F
When the pass that basket
Fm
Folks contribute to
C7
You put in for Mama
Fm
She'll put out for you
F(susG)
F A# A#m6
The folks atop the ladder
F
Are the ones the world adores
Dm F+
So boost me up my ladder kid
G7(sus4) C7
And I'll boost you up yours
F
Let's all stroke together
Fm
Like the Princeton Crew
C7
When you're strokin' Mama
C#9 C9 F7
Mama's strokin' you
A# G7/B
So what's the one conclusion
F/C D7
I can bring this number to?
Gm7 G7
When you're good to Mama
C#7 C7+5 Fm Gm7 C7(+9)
Mama's good to you
Fm
Gm7 C7(+9) C7+5
Fm
