Chords for Sophie Tucker - My Yiddishe Momme - 1928 My Yiddishe Mammy

_ _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _ [Em] _ _ [C#] _
[F#] Of _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
things I should be [C#] thankful for, [G] I've [Em] had a goody [F#] share.
[Bm] And as I sit in the [F#] comfort [Bm] of [F#] a cozy chair, [Dm] my [A] fancy takes [Dm] me to a humble [Gm] east side [A] tenement.
[Dm] Three [A] flights [B] in the [A#] rear to [G] where [Bm] my childhood days were [F#] spent.
_ [Bm] It wasn't [Bm] much like [C#] paradise, [Bm] but [Em] amid the [F#] dirt and all, [Em] _ there sat [Bm] the sweetest angel, _ [C#] _ one that I _ [F#] fondly_
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
My Yiddish mama, _ _ I need her more [F#] than ever now.
_ [C#] _ [F#] My Yiddish mama, _ I'd love to kiss that [Bm] wrinkled brow. _ _
_ [C#m] _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[C#] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [E] _ [Em] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ Things I did [Bm] that made her cry, _ how few.
_ _ _ She never cared for [F#] fashion style, _ her jewels and treasures.
She found them in her [Bm] baby smile. _
_ [Em] Oh, I know _ [Bm] _ [Em] what I am _ [F#] today.
[Bm] To that dear little [C#] lady, [Bm] so old and gray. _
[Em] To that wonderful [Bm] Yiddish [Em] mama. [C#] Mama, _ [F#m] _ _ _ mama.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ She makes the [F#] whole world a Yiddish mama.
Oh, baby, [Bm] _ _
you should [Em] thank God [C#] for what you have [Bm] left.
_ [A#] You don't know [Em] the saddest [F#] thing when she goes [Bm] away.
In water and fire, where [F#] she ran away from her child.
Not gold, not wealth, that is certainly [Bm] the greatest sin.
[B] Oh, [Em] how happy [Bm] and rich [Em] is the person [F#] who has [Bm] been given as a beautiful [C] gift _ [Bm] _ from God.
[D#]
[Em] No, I'm not such [Bm] a Yiddish.
[Em] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
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