Chords for Cab Calloway - Mama I Want To Make Rhythm

Tempo:
111.75 bpm
Chords used:

G

D

Eb

A

Gb

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Cab Calloway - Mama I Want To Make Rhythm chords
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[Eb] [Gm]
[Eb] [D] Yasha [G] was a [A] prodigy since he [D] was a kid of three.
[Dm] He could play [C] a [F] rhapsody [Bb] as good as they [Am] come.
[D]
But [G] as strange as it may be, [A] Yasha hated [D] melody.
He had a yen [Eb] for timpani.
He [Em] longed to play [D] a drum.
When [G] his mama made him practice on his middle every [D]
day, [Eb] he'd stop right in the middle any [D]
time.
[G] Mama, I wanna make rhythm, don't wanna make music, [Gb] just wanna go [G] ski-bip-de-flank [B]-and-throw-boop-ski-de-bop-a [E]-zoop-de-beep-bop-a-say.
[G] Mama, I wanna go hot-shot, don't wanna [Eb] go fufa, [Gb] just wanna go ski-bip-de-flank-and-throw [B]-boop-ski-de-bop-a-zoop-de-beep-bop-a-say.
[Bm]
I've got no desire to carry a straddle of [E] various buzzards, [D] no limit of [Em] primitive tom-tom in my tum [G]-tum.
Mama, I wanna make rhythm, don't wanna make [Gb] music, [Gb] just wanna go ski-bip-de [B]-flank-and-throw-boop-ski-de-bop-a-zoop-de-beep-bop [Ab]-a-say.
[Bm] [Eb]
[Ab]
[Gm]
[Gb] [F]
[Dm]
[Cm] [G] [Gm]
[Gb] [Cm] [Bb]
[C]
[A]
[C]
[A] [Am]
[G] [C] [Abm]
[Em]
[E] [Dm] [G]
[Fm] [G]
[A]
[C] [A]
I've got no desire to carry a straddle of various buzzards, no limit of primitive tom-tom in my tum-tum.
[N]
Key:  
G
2131
D
1321
Eb
12341116
A
1231
Gb
134211112
G
2131
D
1321
Eb
12341116
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To learn Cab Calloway & His Orchestra - (78rpm Version) Mama, I Wanna Make Rhythm chords, begin by getting comfortable with these sequence: Gm, A, D, Gb, D, G, D, C and D. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 52 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 104. Fine-tune the capo based on your vocal range, ensuring it complements the key of Bb Major.

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_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [D] _ _ Yasha [G] was a [A] prodigy since he [D] was a kid of three.
[Dm] He could play [C] a [F] rhapsody [Bb] as good as they [Am] come.
_ _ [D] _
But [G] as strange as it may be, [A] Yasha hated [D] melody.
He had a yen [Eb] for timpani.
He [Em] longed to play [D] a drum.
_ _ _ When [G] his mama made him practice on his middle every [D] _
day, [Eb] he'd stop right in the middle any [D]
time.
_ _ [G] _ Mama, I wanna make rhythm, don't wanna make music, [Gb] just wanna go [G] ski-bip-de-flank [B]-and-throw-boop-ski-de-bop-a [E]-zoop-de-beep-bop-a-say.
[G] _ Mama, I wanna go hot-shot, don't wanna [Eb] go fufa, [Gb] just wanna go ski-bip-de-flank-and-throw [B]-boop-ski-de-bop-a-zoop-de-beep-bop-a-say.
_ _ [Bm] _
I've got no desire to carry a straddle of [E] various buzzards, [D] no limit of [Em] primitive tom-tom in my tum [G]-tum.
Mama, I wanna make rhythm, don't wanna make [Gb] music, [Gb] just wanna go ski-bip-de [B]-flank-and-throw-boop-ski-de-bop-a-zoop-de-beep-bop [Ab]-a-say. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Gm] _
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_ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Abm] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [G] _
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_ [Fm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
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_ I've got no desire to carry a straddle of various buzzards, no limit of primitive tom-tom in my tum-tum.
_ _ _ _ [N] _

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