Chicago - When You're Good To Mama Ukulele chords by Soundtracks

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