Chords for Boyz II Men - A Song For Mama (Live)

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_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ So you're feeling a little [Abm] jet lag now?
Oh yeah.
Just got off the plane from London?
_ A little [G] under weather-y.
_ [N] _ Really?
Oh well, just got off the Concorde.
Well _ thanks for showing up.
I know, we were like, are they going to make it?
And you did.
Thank you.
Appreciate it.
I love the _ soul food.
The Mama song, don't you love that? _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ Poisonin's new CD is called Evolution, something all of us are in the process of, and on that
CD is their single called A Song for Mama, which is the theme song for Soul Food.
_ And your mama's here.
Yes, hanging out.
Okay, you introduce, starting with Juanye.
That's my grandmother, my mom.
_ _ _ Great.
My love.
_ Stand up.
_ Stand up.
_ Stand up.
_ _ Aren't you proud?
Very proud, yeah.
Did you know this day would come?
Yes.
You did?
Yes.
Was he singing around the house the other day?
In the bassinet.
In the [G] bassinet. _
_ _ No, he wasn't.
Yes, he was.
Nathan, introduce us to your mom.
_ This is my mother, who loved my life, Miss Gail Harris. _
[N] _ _ Stand right up. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Do you go to as many [G] concerts as you can?
Not really.
You don't?
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I don't [N] travel as much as I would like to, but I get to see a lot.
I get to see it twice, I'm fine.
I'm happy.
Really?
You're happy?
Okay, so you get to see it on the open show.
Sean, introduce us.
My darling mother, Miss Joanne Stockley.
Hi.
Hi, Miss Joanne. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Isn't it great?
_ So [Em] great.
_ [G] _
It's so great.
It's so great. _ _ _ _
Michael, introduce us to your husband.
He's so good.
Nathan, introduce us to [Ab] your mom.
That's my lovely mother, [F] Miss Omar [C] Netta Thomas.
[N] How do you do? _ _
_ You okay?
_ _ Yes. _
She's just doing a little move right now.
Are y'all going to sing the mama song?
Yes.
I love the mama song.
_ [Bm] All right.
This is for y'all.
Mama.
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[Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
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_ _ [G] _ It's only [C] everything, everything you've given me, I always keep it inside.
_ _ [G] _ You're my [D] driving force and [C] I'm your driving force.
I'm not a liar, _ _ _ _
[Bm] hey.
_ Very [D] good at ignoring anyone that [C] I could be, and it just wouldn't feel right.
_ [G] _ Yeah, but it's [D] heavy by [C] my _ _ side. _
[Em] Oh, [Am] yeah, you've been there for me, [G] you've loved and cared for [D] me.
Your friends were great. _
_ [Am] Never have I felt [G] you were always [D] there to comfort _ me. _
[Bm] And [Am] no one else can be what [G] you have given [D] to me.
You'll always be, _ you [G] will always be the girl in [F] my life for all time.
[Em] _ _ [G] Mama, _ _ _ _ _ _ mama, you know, _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ you know I [Em] love you, mama. _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] Mama, you're [C] the [E] queen of my [C] _ _ _ _ _
heart.
_ [B] Your love is like _ genius, [Em] no. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] Mama, I just want you to _ _ _ _ _ [C]
know.
_ [G] _ Loving you is like food to my _ soul.
Yes [D] it is, yes it is, [Am] yes it is, _ [C] yes it is, yes [Am] it is, yes [G] it is.
Oh, yes [D] it is, oh yes it is, yes [C] it is, yes it is, [G]
yes.
_ _ You're always [D] down for me, have always been [C] around for me, even when I was down.
_ _ [G] _ You showed [D] me right from [C] my _ wrong, _ _ yes [D] you did.
[G] And you took up [D] with me when everyone [C] was down with me, you always did _ understand.
_ [G] _ You [D] gave me strength [C] to go on.
There [Am] were so _ many times [G] looking back when [D] I was so [Bm] afraid. _
_ [Am] And then you'd come to me [G] and say to me, [D] I can face anything. _ _
_ [G] [Am] And no one else can do [G] what you have done for [D] me.
You'll always be, _ you [G] will always be the girl [F] in my [G] _ [Cm] _ life. _
_ [Em] _ _ [G] Mama, _ _ _ _ _ my brother, you know I [D] love you.
You know I love you, [B] _ _ you [Bm] know I [G] love you.
Mama, [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ you're the queen of [Em] my heart.
You know I love you, you know I love _ _ you.
[B] _ _
You _ [Em] _ know I love you, _ [G] you know I love you.
Mama, I just [Dm]
want you to [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ know.
[C] _ You're my [B] food to my [Em] _ soul. _ _
_ I'm [Dm] never gonna go a day without [C] _ _ you. _ _
_ _ [Bm] It fills me up just thinking [Am] about you. _ _ _
_ _ [G] I'll never go a day _ _ without _ _ _ _ _ _ _ you. _
I _ _ [Bm] _ love you. _
[Gbm] _ _ _ [B] _ _ You know I [Em] love you, you know I love _ _ _ _ you.
[G] Mama, [C] you're the queen of my _ _ heart.
You know I love _
_ _ _ [B] you, _ you know I love [Em] you.
You know I love you, you know I love [G] you.
Mama, _ [F] I just want you to [Em] know.
I will always be _
[G] true to you.
Loving you is like food to [C] my _ _ [D] soul. _
Oou [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [C] yeah. _ _ _
I will love [G] you _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ for the rest [C] of my _ life.
And forever.
_ _ [G] And forever.
_ And forever.
_ Forever. _ _
Forever.
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Oh my goodness, all you moms, _ all of you, that was for you.
_ I love you, but I'm thinking, myself, _ _ _ _