Chords for Mama's Little Baby

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[F] _ [Dm] _ _ [G] We're three little young hands lying in a bed.
Two were sick and the other most dead.
Caught up with the doctor and the doctor said,
Feed [D] them young some shortening [Gm] bread.
Mama little baby loves shortening, shortening.
Mama little baby loves [G] shortening bread.
Mama little baby [F] loves shortening, shortening.
Mama little baby loves shortening bread. _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Dm] _ [G] Get that skillet, get that lid.
Mama gonna make a little shortening bread.
That ain't all that mama's gonna do.
[F] Mama gonna make a little [E] coffee too.
[G] Mama little baby [F] loves shortening, [G] shortening.
Mama little baby loves [G] shortening bread.
Mama little baby loves shortening, shortening.
Mama little baby [D] loves shortening bread. _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Dm] _ [G] When them young hands lying in the bed,
Heard that talk about shortening bread.
Got up well, dancing and singin',
Started [D] a-cuttin' that pigeon wing.
[Gm] Mama little baby loves shortening, shortening.
Mama little baby loves shortening bread.
Mama little baby loves shortening, shortening.
Mama little baby loves shortening bread.
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_ [E] _ _ [G] Lift up skillet, lift up lid.
Fill my pockets up shortening bread.
Stow that skillet, stow that lid.
[F] Stow [D] that bowl, we'll make a shortening bread.
[G] Mama little baby loves shortening, shortening.
Mama little baby loves shortening bread.
Mama little baby loves shortening, shortening.
Mama little baby [E] loves [G] shortening bread.
_ Yeah, he does. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Gm] I got caught with that skillet, and caught with that lid.
Caught with that bowl, we'll make a shortening bread.
Two dollar for the skillet, two dollar for the lid.
Two years in prison, eat shortening bread.
Mama little baby loves [A] shortening, shortening.
_ _ I said mama little baby loves shortening, shortening.
[E] _ _ Shortening bread.
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[Dm] _ _ [G] Well, mama little baby loves shortening, shortening.
Mama little baby loves shortening bread.
Mama little baby loves shortening, shortening.
Mama little baby [A] loves shortening [G] bread.
Mama little baby loves shortening, shortening.
Mama little baby loves shortening bread.
Mama little baby loves shortening, shortening.
Mama little baby [Bb] loves shortening [G] bread. _ _ _ _
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