Mama Said - The Shirelles

Mama Said

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A
Mama said there be
F#m
days like this,
 
There be
D E
days like this Mama
A
said.
A
Mama said there be
F#m
days like this,
 
There be
D
days like
E
this my Mama
A
said.
 
A
I went walking the
F#m
other
 
day,
D
everything
 
was
 
going
E
fine.
 
I
A
met a little boy named
F#m
Billy Joe, and I
D
almost
E
lost my
A
mind.
 
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D
My eyes are wide o
A
pen, but
D
all that I can
A
see
 
is,
B
chapel bells are callin
E
for everyone but me.
E
But I don worry cause.
A
 
D
And then she said someone will look at me ,
A
like I looking at you, one day..
B
then I might find,
E
I don want it
E
any old way.
 
So, I don worry cause.
A
 
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A
Mama said, Mama
F#m
said (3x)

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