Chords for Harry Belafonte - Mama Look A Boo Boo
Tempo:
169.85 bpm
Chords used:
F#
C#
G#m
B
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F#] [G#m]
[F#] [G#m] [C#]
[F#] I wonder why [C#] nobody don't like [F#] me, [C#] or is it the fact that I'm [F#] ugly?
[C#]
[F#] [C#]
[F#] I leave [B] my [A#m] whole house and go, my [G#m] children don't [C#] want [F#] me no more.
Bad [G#m] dog [G] inside the house [F#] they bring, and when [C#] I talk they start [F#] to sing.
Mama look a boo boo, they shout, [G#m] their mother tell them shut up your mouth.
That [F#] is your daddy, oh no, [G#m] my daddy can't [C#] be ugly.
So shut [F#] your mouth, go away, mama [C#] look a boo boo [F#] there.
Shut your mouth, go away, mama [G#m] look [C#] a boo boo [F#]
there.
[G#m] [C#]
[F#] [C#]
[F#] [G#m]
[D#m] [F]
[F#] I couldn't [C#] even digest me supper, [F#] due [C#] to the children's [F#] behaviour.
John, yes pa, [G#m] come here [F#] a moment, bring the [C#] belt, you much too [F#]
impudent.
John [G#m] says it's James [C#] who [F#] started first, James [G#m] tells the story [C#] in [F#] reverse.
I drag [G#m] me [F#] belt from off me waist, you [C#] should see them screaming round [F#] the place.
Mama look a boo boo, they shout, [G#m] their [B] mother tell them shut up your [G#m] mouth.
That [F#] is your daddy, oh no, [C#] my daddy can't [F#] be ugly.
So shut your mouth, go away, mama [C#] look a boo boo [F#] there.
Shut your mouth, go away, mama [C#] look a boo boo [F#] there.
[C#]
[F#] [C#]
[F#] I give mother some.
[C#]
[F#] [C#]
[F#] So I [C#] began to question the [F#] mother, these [C#] children ain't got no [F#] behaviour.
So [C#] I began to question [F#] the mother, these [C#] children ain't got no [F#] behaviour.
[C#] They're making fun, my [F#] wife declare, you [G#m] should be [C#] proud of them [F#] I dare.
These [G#m] children were taught to bloom [F#] in slack, [C#] that ain't no kind of [F#] joke to crack.
Mama look a boo boo, they [G#m] shout, their mother tell them shut up your mouth.
That [F#] is your daddy, oh no, [F] my daddy can't [F#] be ugly.
So shut your mouth, go away, mama [C#] look a boo boo [F#] there.
Shut your mouth, go away, mama [C#] look a boo boo [F#] there.
Shut your mouth, go away, mama [G#m] look a [C#] boo boo [F#] there.
Shut your mouth, go away, mama [G#m] look a [C#] boo boo [F#] there.
[F#] [G#m] [C#]
[F#] I wonder why [C#] nobody don't like [F#] me, [C#] or is it the fact that I'm [F#] ugly?
[C#]
[F#] [C#]
[F#] I leave [B] my [A#m] whole house and go, my [G#m] children don't [C#] want [F#] me no more.
Bad [G#m] dog [G] inside the house [F#] they bring, and when [C#] I talk they start [F#] to sing.
Mama look a boo boo, they shout, [G#m] their mother tell them shut up your mouth.
That [F#] is your daddy, oh no, [G#m] my daddy can't [C#] be ugly.
So shut [F#] your mouth, go away, mama [C#] look a boo boo [F#] there.
Shut your mouth, go away, mama [G#m] look [C#] a boo boo [F#]
there.
[G#m] [C#]
[F#] [C#]
[F#] [G#m]
[D#m] [F]
[F#] I couldn't [C#] even digest me supper, [F#] due [C#] to the children's [F#] behaviour.
John, yes pa, [G#m] come here [F#] a moment, bring the [C#] belt, you much too [F#]
impudent.
John [G#m] says it's James [C#] who [F#] started first, James [G#m] tells the story [C#] in [F#] reverse.
I drag [G#m] me [F#] belt from off me waist, you [C#] should see them screaming round [F#] the place.
Mama look a boo boo, they shout, [G#m] their [B] mother tell them shut up your [G#m] mouth.
That [F#] is your daddy, oh no, [C#] my daddy can't [F#] be ugly.
So shut your mouth, go away, mama [C#] look a boo boo [F#] there.
Shut your mouth, go away, mama [C#] look a boo boo [F#] there.
[C#]
[F#] [C#]
[F#] I give mother some.
[C#]
[F#] [C#]
[F#] So I [C#] began to question the [F#] mother, these [C#] children ain't got no [F#] behaviour.
So [C#] I began to question [F#] the mother, these [C#] children ain't got no [F#] behaviour.
[C#] They're making fun, my [F#] wife declare, you [G#m] should be [C#] proud of them [F#] I dare.
These [G#m] children were taught to bloom [F#] in slack, [C#] that ain't no kind of [F#] joke to crack.
Mama look a boo boo, they [G#m] shout, their mother tell them shut up your mouth.
That [F#] is your daddy, oh no, [F] my daddy can't [F#] be ugly.
So shut your mouth, go away, mama [C#] look a boo boo [F#] there.
Shut your mouth, go away, mama [C#] look a boo boo [F#] there.
Shut your mouth, go away, mama [G#m] look a [C#] boo boo [F#] there.
Shut your mouth, go away, mama [G#m] look a [C#] boo boo [F#] there.
Key:
F#
C#
G#m
B
F
F#
C#
G#m
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ [C#] _ _
[F#] _ I wonder why [C#] nobody don't like [F#] me, _ [C#] or is it the fact that I'm [F#] ugly?
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ I leave [B] my [A#m] whole house and go, my [G#m] children don't [C#] want [F#] me no more.
Bad [G#m] dog [G] inside the house [F#] they bring, and when [C#] I talk they start [F#] to sing.
Mama look a boo boo, they shout, [G#m] their mother tell them shut up your mouth.
That [F#] is your daddy, _ oh no, _ [G#m] my daddy can't [C#] be ugly.
So shut [F#] your mouth, go away, _ mama [C#] look a boo boo [F#] there.
_ Shut your mouth, go away, mama [G#m] look [C#] a boo boo [F#]
there.
_ _ [G#m] _ _ [C#] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _
[D#m] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[F#] I couldn't [C#] even digest me supper, [F#] _ _ due [C#] to the children's [F#] behaviour.
John, yes pa, [G#m] come here [F#] a moment, bring the [C#] belt, you much too [F#]
impudent.
John [G#m] says it's James [C#] who [F#] started first, James [G#m] tells the story [C#] in [F#] reverse.
I drag [G#m] me [F#] belt from off me waist, you [C#] should see them screaming round [F#] the place.
Mama look a boo boo, they shout, [G#m] their [B] mother tell them shut up your [G#m] mouth.
That [F#] is your daddy, _ oh no, _ [C#] my daddy can't [F#] be ugly.
So shut your mouth, go away, _ mama [C#] look a boo boo [F#] there.
_ Shut your mouth, go away, _ mama [C#] look a boo boo [F#] there.
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
[F#] I give mother some.
[C#] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[F#] So I [C#] began to question the [F#] mother, these [C#] children ain't got no [F#] behaviour.
So [C#] I began to question [F#] the mother, _ these [C#] children ain't got no [F#] behaviour.
_ [C#] They're making fun, my [F#] wife declare, you [G#m] should be [C#] proud of them [F#] I dare.
These [G#m] children were taught to bloom [F#] in slack, [C#] that ain't no kind of [F#] joke to crack.
Mama look a boo boo, they [G#m] shout, their mother tell them shut up your mouth.
That [F#] is your daddy, oh no, _ [F] my daddy can't [F#] be ugly.
So shut your mouth, go away, _ mama [C#] look a boo boo [F#] there.
_ _ Shut your mouth, go away, _ mama [C#] look a boo boo [F#] there.
_ _ Shut your mouth, go away, _ mama [G#m] look a [C#] boo boo [F#] there.
_ _ Shut your mouth, go away, _ mama [G#m] look a [C#] boo boo [F#] there. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ [C#] _ _
[F#] _ I wonder why [C#] nobody don't like [F#] me, _ [C#] or is it the fact that I'm [F#] ugly?
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ I leave [B] my [A#m] whole house and go, my [G#m] children don't [C#] want [F#] me no more.
Bad [G#m] dog [G] inside the house [F#] they bring, and when [C#] I talk they start [F#] to sing.
Mama look a boo boo, they shout, [G#m] their mother tell them shut up your mouth.
That [F#] is your daddy, _ oh no, _ [G#m] my daddy can't [C#] be ugly.
So shut [F#] your mouth, go away, _ mama [C#] look a boo boo [F#] there.
_ Shut your mouth, go away, mama [G#m] look [C#] a boo boo [F#]
there.
_ _ [G#m] _ _ [C#] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _
[D#m] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[F#] I couldn't [C#] even digest me supper, [F#] _ _ due [C#] to the children's [F#] behaviour.
John, yes pa, [G#m] come here [F#] a moment, bring the [C#] belt, you much too [F#]
impudent.
John [G#m] says it's James [C#] who [F#] started first, James [G#m] tells the story [C#] in [F#] reverse.
I drag [G#m] me [F#] belt from off me waist, you [C#] should see them screaming round [F#] the place.
Mama look a boo boo, they shout, [G#m] their [B] mother tell them shut up your [G#m] mouth.
That [F#] is your daddy, _ oh no, _ [C#] my daddy can't [F#] be ugly.
So shut your mouth, go away, _ mama [C#] look a boo boo [F#] there.
_ Shut your mouth, go away, _ mama [C#] look a boo boo [F#] there.
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
[F#] I give mother some.
[C#] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[F#] So I [C#] began to question the [F#] mother, these [C#] children ain't got no [F#] behaviour.
So [C#] I began to question [F#] the mother, _ these [C#] children ain't got no [F#] behaviour.
_ [C#] They're making fun, my [F#] wife declare, you [G#m] should be [C#] proud of them [F#] I dare.
These [G#m] children were taught to bloom [F#] in slack, [C#] that ain't no kind of [F#] joke to crack.
Mama look a boo boo, they [G#m] shout, their mother tell them shut up your mouth.
That [F#] is your daddy, oh no, _ [F] my daddy can't [F#] be ugly.
So shut your mouth, go away, _ mama [C#] look a boo boo [F#] there.
_ _ Shut your mouth, go away, _ mama [C#] look a boo boo [F#] there.
_ _ Shut your mouth, go away, _ mama [G#m] look a [C#] boo boo [F#] there.
_ _ Shut your mouth, go away, _ mama [G#m] look a [C#] boo boo [F#] there. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _