Big Fat Mama tab by Status Quo

Big Fat Mama

written by Rossi/Parfitt
performed by Status Quo
from "Piledriver", 1972


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 A   C   A   C     A   C D   C

A
Say you need me, ....
C
Tell me that ...
D                             A
Say you will be ...
A
You think that ...
C
I'm telling you that ...
D                                     A
All those ...
E            A
I am ...
E             A
You be mine ....

D  E  A  | A C A C A C D  C |

A
You keep telling me ...
C
I'm telling you...
D                                   A
All the things that you ....
A
Say you need me, ....
C
Tell me that ....
D                         A
Say will be mine ...
E            A
I am yours t....
E             A
You be ....

D  E  A

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[2 times, then:]

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A
I got a big fat Mama ...
D                             A
Really thinks she's ....
A
But I love that woman ...
B                   E
And there is ...
A
I'm gonna tell you ...
       D                    Db   C   B
If you don't, ...
           A
I've got a big ....
            C      D      A
And ...

       A
I said say ...
            C
Come on and ...
       D                 A
I said say ....

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A
Say you ....
            C
Come on and say ...
       D                A
I said say ....


[during Solo:]
|A  C  D  A|

CODA:
|A  G | A


Thanks to J.Carlos Palazon for sending these lyrics
Transcribed by Peter Eybert
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