Chords for Nina Simone: Blues For Mama

[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [B] _ _ _
[G] _ I _ _ _ _ _ _ heard you wasn't feeling good. _
_ _ [D#] They're spreading [G] dirty rumors all [B] around the [G#m] neighborhood.
[E] _ _ _ _
_ _ They say you're mean and evil _ _ _ and don't know what to [G] do.
_ [B] _ _ _ And that's the reason [G] why he's gone.
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ Hey, Lordy Mama.
_ _ _ [F] _ [E] _ _ _
Tell me, baby, what [B] you gonna _ do.
[E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [B] They say he's left you all alone to weather this whole storm.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _
[G] And he's got another [F] woman on _ _ [C#] _
[B] his arm.
_ _ _ _ [E] _
_ That fool's telling everybody he's sick and tired of you.
_ _ [B] _
Hey, [G] _ Lordy _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Mama.
[B] _ _
_ [F#] Tell me, what you gonna do.
Hey, Lordy Mama. _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ Tell me what you [B] gonna do.
What [E] you gonna do.
_ [B] _ What [G] [F#] you gonna do.
_ [B] _ [G] They say you left a fuss and [F#] fire _ [B] _ [G] and bring a man [G#] down.
_ _ [B] _ [G] And don't know how to treat [F#m] him _ [B] when [G] he takes you on the [Bm] town.
_ _ [E] [G] They say you ain't [Bm] behind it _ [E] and [G] just don't [E] understand.
_ _ [B] _ [G] And think that you're a [F#] woman, _ [B] _ but [G] you're [B] acting like a man.
_ [F#] Hey, _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _
_ _ Lordy Mama.
Tell me, what [B] you gonna do.
Hey, [E] _ _ _ [B] Lordy Mama.
[D] _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] Get [G] your nerves together, _ [F#m] baby.
[B] _
[G] And set the record [Bm] [F#m] straight.
_ [B] Let [G] the whole round world know.
_ _ [B] _
And [G] cause this bit of [B] pain.
_ [E] _
_ [G] All these years you loved him. _ _
_ And you knows it's true. _ _
[B] _ [G] What you want for your [F#m] baby is [B] _ what [G] he's wanting [B] too. _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ Hey, [E] Lordy Mama.
_ _ _ _ Tell [B] me, what you gonna [E] do.
What [Bm] you gonna do.
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
[Bm] _ [E] _ _ _ _ Now, _ _ _ _ _ _ if you disagree.
_ [B] _ _ There ain't nobody perfect.
_ _ And there ain't nobody free.
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ [F] Hey, _ [B] _ _ [D] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ Lordy Mama. _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
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