Mama Told Me chords by Mother Mother

Chords with lyrics

Chorus:
C majorC   Gadd11  C majorC
Mamma told me
    Gadd11 E minorEm       G+G
Only lonely people gonna hold me
           C majorC   Gadd11     C majorC
Only those who can't help themselves, yeah
    Gadd11    E minorEm
Only those who will need my shelter
G+G
Mama tells me


Verse 1:
G+G     C majorC
I believe, I believe in mamma trying
C majorC
Believe in father lying
G#G#      FF   G+G
I believe in lovers crying
C majorC            C majorC
I believe in education, nurture and good education

Verse 2:
G#G#      FF   F minorFm
Mama gave me music lessons
G+G                C majorC
Now I play the saddest songs  ah ah ah
          E minorEm
Is that really what mamma wanted?
G+G        C majorC Gadd11 C/BC/B C majorC
For her baby to be so haunted?
          E minorEm
Is that really what she intended?
G+G
Mamma said this:

Chorus:
C majorC    Gadd11 C majorC
Hold me closer
   Gadd11   E minorEm
Even though I'm a mamma
     G+G
She told me: You're just lonely
C majorC    Gadd11  C majorC
Help me help ya
    Gadd11    E minorEm
Even though I know you're just helpless
G+G
Mamma said this

Verse 3:
G+G     C majorC
I believe, I believe in conversation
C majorC
In good communicating
G#G#        FF   F minorFm
And I believe in letter-writing
G+G            C majorC
But now all I write are melodies (melodies)
          E minorEm       G+G
Simple, sweet, and simply haunt me
          E minorEm
Little rhythms that scold and hold me
          E minorEm
Only cause I know they are lonely
G+G         G+G    Asus2Asus2
Mamma told me

Break:
C majorC      Gadd11
(ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-maa
C majorC    Gadd11    G#G#
Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-maa ooh
FF    G+G
Ooh ooh ooh
C majorC      Gadd11
Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-maa
C majorC     Gadd11    G#G#
Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-maa ooh
FF    G+G
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

Verse 4:
C majorC
Mamma help me, I'm helpless, I'm helpless
  E minorEm      G+G
I'm tempted, I'm tempted
C majorC
Can't you see it's only loneliness
    E minorEm         G+G
And it's helpless, oh it's helpless

Bridge:
*play only 4 and 5 strings in palm mute
C majorC  Csus2Csus2  C majorC   CsusCsus   C majorC  Csus2Csus2  C majorC     CsusCsus
 I took what mamma said and kept it forefront in my head
C majorC   Csus2Csus2  C majorC    CsusCsus
 But now that mamma's dead

  FF
I love how you are lonely
E minorEm
Help me help you hold me
  FF
I take what mamma told me
    E minorEm
And I read what mamma wrote me
   FF
And I read it to you slowly
    E minorEm
And you told me she was lonely
   FF
Oh my mamma, she was lonely
     G7G7
And it's all she really told me

Chorus:
C majorC
Mamma told me
        E minorEm       G+G
That lonely people gonna hold me
           C majorC   Gadd11     C majorC
Only those who can't help themselves, yeah
    Gadd11    E minorEm
Only those who will need my shelter
G+G
Mamma tells me

Outro:
C majorC      Gadd11
(ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-maa
C majorC      Gadd11
Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-maa
C majorC      Gadd11
I believe in mammas trying
C majorC      Gadd11
I believe in fathers lying
C majorC      Gadd11
I believe in lovers crying
C majorC      Gadd11
I believe in education
C majorC      Gadd11
I believe in music lessons
C majorC      Gadd11
I believe in conversation
C majorC      Gadd11
I believe in letter-writing
C majorC      Gadd11
I believe in mammas trying
C majorC      Gadd11
I believe in fathers lying
C majorC      Gadd11
I believe in mammas crying
C majorC      Gadd11
Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-maa
C majorC      Gadd11
Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-maa)