Blues for Mama Chords by Nina Simone

[E] _ [Bm] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [D] _ [F#] _ [F#m] _
[B] _ Hey, Lordy Mama, _ _ I heard you wasn't feeling good.
They're spreading dirty rumors all around the [G#] neighborhood.
_ They say you're mean and evil and don't know what to [B] do.
_ That's the reason that he's gone and left you black and blue.
[A] _ Hey, God, [E] _ _ [E] _ _
tell me what [B] you're gonna do now.
[Bm] _ _ [B] _ _ _
[F#m] _ [B] They say he's left you all alone to weather this old storm.
_ He's got another woman now hanging on his arm.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[E] _ That old fool's telling everybody he's sick and tired of you.
[B] Hey, _ _ _ [E] Lordy Mama, [F#m] I heard [Bm] you [B] _ [E] _
wasn't [B] feeling good.
Tell me what you're gonna do now.
[Bm] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [B] They [A] say you left a fuss and [B] fights and bring a good man down
and don't know how to treat him when he takes you on the town.
[E] _ They say you ain't behind it and just don't [A] understand
and [E] think that you're a woman [F#m] but acting like a man.
[F#] _ Hey, [B] _ [E] _
Lordy, [B] what you gonna do now?
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ [B] Get [N] your [D] nerves together, [B] baby, and set the record [F#] [B] straight.
Set it [N] straight.
Let the whole round world know it wasn't [D] you that caused this bit of [E] fame.
All these years [D] you loved him [E] _ and he knows [Bm] it's true
because what you want for your man [B] _ [E] is what he's [Bm] wanting too.
[Em] Hey, God, [F#] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [B] _ [E] tell me what you're gonna [B] do now.
When [F#] _
_ [E] _ you love a man enough, you're bound to disagree.
[B] _ _ Nobody perfect, because ain't nobody [Bm] free.
[F#m] Hey, Lordy Mama, _ _ [E] _ tell me what [B] you're gonna do.
[E] [F] What you're [F#] gonna do.
[B] _ _