Chords with lyrics
🎸 Verse :
G+G
Mama won't you write me a letter?
C majorC G+G
Stick it in the US Mail
G+G
And mama I do hope you feel better
C majorC G+G
For you
I will not fail
🎸 Chorus:
E minorEm Am7Am7
I may not always be there when you need me
G+G
But don't be scared
E minorEm Am7Am7
You may not always be there when I need you
G+G
But I have no fear
🎸 Verse :
G+G C majorC
And mama I know you've done things
C majorC G+G
In which you are not proud
G+G
But mama me, if only me, would know
G+G C majorC G+G
The things that'd you'd go through, to wow a crowd
G+G
'Cause when I was a little girl, you'd dress me like Bardot
C majorC G+G
And the hallway'd become a catwalk, and you'd watch me go to the show
G+G
Said, "All the little girls were pretty, but I was pretty like fresh flowers"
C majorC G+G
I was a superhero, mama, with superpowers
🎸 Chorus:
E minorEm Am7Am7
You may not always be there when I need you
G+G
But I'm not scared
E minorEm Am7Am7
I may not always be there when you need me
G+G
But have no fear
🎸 Verse :
G+G
I'm right here in your ear
E minorEm Am7Am7
I will be leaving soon, oh yeah, all of you
G+G
So take care of each other out there
E minorEm Am7Am7
For I will always be in your heart, you see
G+G
I'm right here, put your hand over your chest
E minorEm
Oh, and always do your best
Intrumental:
E minorEm Am7Am7 G+G E minorEm Am7Am7 G+G
🎸 Bridge:
E minorEm A minorAm G+G
Come Lola, come Clementine, come Zuzu
E minorEm Am7Am7 G+G
Come Loretta, come Sierra, come Blue
E minorEm Am7Am7 G+G
Come Honey, come children, come kids
E minorEm Am7Am7 G+G
Oh, the whole world is out dancing in the street
E minorEm A minorAm G+G
Kick off your shoes, child, feel the cold and wet concrete
🎸 Outro:
G+G E minorEm Am7Am7 G+G