Temptations - Ma Chords
Tempo:
92.9 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
Ebm
Cm
Db
Ab
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
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[Eb] One in a log cabin in the backwoods, a Blackfoot [Ebm]
Mississippi, she drank moonshine,
[Eb]
[Eb] [Ebm]
[Eb] She was too busy [Ebm] providing and raising her babies.
[Cm] [Ebm] She was sitting in a rocking chair, never had much of nothing, [Eb] but was always willing to share.
Talking about more, talking about more.
Talking about more, talking about [Ab]
more.
[Bb]
[Eb] Education, [D] no she didn't have none.
[Ebm]
[Eb] Never had a sick day in her life.
[Ebm]
[Eb] Stronger than [Ebm]
any, you better believe [Eb] it all, yes she was.
[D] Now look at here, when Papa died, [Eb] Mama put her love on the shelf.
Yes she did.
[Ebm]
She'd scroll up and down on the good book, she [Eb] wouldn't love nobody [Ebm] else.
Made sure that we were [Eb] interested every such way.
[Gb] Papa wouldn't [Ebm] want to get that way, that's [Eb] what she'd always say.
Talking about more, talking about more.
Talking about more, talking about more.
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Every once in a while, [Ebm] when Paul would get depressed, she'd go to the closet and get Paul's guitar.
Set herself down in a rocking chair, [Eb]
start strumming and humming.
Ha ha, yeah.
[Bb]
Papa's always [Ebm] letting off steam.
And he knew it was because he [Eb] knew that Mama was doing her thing.
Every [Cm] once in a while, [Ebm] she'd shout the,
[Eb] [Eb] then it all came out.
Talking about more, talking about more.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Talking about more.
[Ab]
Mama, mama, mama.
[Eb]
[F] [N]
[Db]
[Eb] One in a log cabin in the backwoods, a Blackfoot [Ebm]
Mississippi, she drank moonshine,
[Eb]
[Eb] [Ebm]
[Eb] She was too busy [Ebm] providing and raising her babies.
[Cm] [Ebm] She was sitting in a rocking chair, never had much of nothing, [Eb] but was always willing to share.
Talking about more, talking about more.
Talking about more, talking about [Ab]
more.
[Bb]
[Eb] Education, [D] no she didn't have none.
[Ebm]
[Eb] Never had a sick day in her life.
[Ebm]
[Eb] Stronger than [Ebm]
any, you better believe [Eb] it all, yes she was.
[D] Now look at here, when Papa died, [Eb] Mama put her love on the shelf.
Yes she did.
[Ebm]
She'd scroll up and down on the good book, she [Eb] wouldn't love nobody [Ebm] else.
Made sure that we were [Eb] interested every such way.
[Gb] Papa wouldn't [Ebm] want to get that way, that's [Eb] what she'd always say.
Talking about more, talking about more.
Talking about more, talking about more.
[Db]
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[Cm] [Ebm]
[Eb]
Every once in a while, [Ebm] when Paul would get depressed, she'd go to the closet and get Paul's guitar.
Set herself down in a rocking chair, [Eb]
start strumming and humming.
Ha ha, yeah.
[Bb]
Papa's always [Ebm] letting off steam.
And he knew it was because he [Eb] knew that Mama was doing her thing.
Every [Cm] once in a while, [Ebm] she'd shout the,
[Eb] [Eb] then it all came out.
Talking about more, talking about more.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Talking about more.
[Ab]
Mama, mama, mama.
[Eb]
[F] [N]
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[Eb] _ One in a log cabin in the backwoods, a Blackfoot [Ebm]
Mississippi, she drank moonshine, _ _ _ _
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[Eb] She was too busy [Ebm] providing and raising her babies. _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ [Ebm] She was sitting in a rocking chair, never had much of nothing, [Eb] but was always willing to share. _
_ _ Talking about more, talking about more.
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_ _ Talking about more, talking about [Ab]
more.
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[Eb] _ Education, [D] no she didn't have none.
[Ebm] _
_ [Eb] Never had a sick day in her life.
[Ebm] _
_ [Eb] Stronger than _ _ _ [Ebm]
any, you better believe [Eb] it all, yes she was.
[D] Now look at here, when Papa died, [Eb] Mama put her love on the shelf.
Yes she did.
[Ebm]
She'd scroll up and down on the good book, she [Eb] wouldn't love nobody [Ebm] else.
Made sure that we were [Eb] interested every such way.
[Gb] Papa wouldn't [Ebm] want to get that way, that's [Eb] what she'd always say. _ _
_ _ Talking about more, talking about more. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Talking about more, talking about more.
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Every once in a while, [Ebm] when Paul would get depressed, _ she'd go to the closet and get Paul's guitar. _
Set herself down in a rocking _ chair, _ [Eb]
start strumming and humming.
Ha ha, yeah.
_ _ [Bb]
Papa's always [Ebm] letting off steam.
And he knew it was because he [Eb] knew that Mama was doing her thing.
Every [Cm] once in a while, [Ebm] _ she'd shout the, _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ [Eb] then it all came out. _
Talking about more, talking about more.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. _ _ _ _ _
Talking about more.
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_ _ Mama, mama, mama. _
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[Eb] _ One in a log cabin in the backwoods, a Blackfoot [Ebm]
Mississippi, she drank moonshine, _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Eb] She was too busy [Ebm] providing and raising her babies. _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ [Ebm] She was sitting in a rocking chair, never had much of nothing, [Eb] but was always willing to share. _
_ _ Talking about more, talking about more.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Talking about more, talking about [Ab]
more.
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[Eb] _ Education, [D] no she didn't have none.
[Ebm] _
_ [Eb] Never had a sick day in her life.
[Ebm] _
_ [Eb] Stronger than _ _ _ [Ebm]
any, you better believe [Eb] it all, yes she was.
[D] Now look at here, when Papa died, [Eb] Mama put her love on the shelf.
Yes she did.
[Ebm]
She'd scroll up and down on the good book, she [Eb] wouldn't love nobody [Ebm] else.
Made sure that we were [Eb] interested every such way.
[Gb] Papa wouldn't [Ebm] want to get that way, that's [Eb] what she'd always say. _ _
_ _ Talking about more, talking about more. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Talking about more, talking about more.
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Every once in a while, [Ebm] when Paul would get depressed, _ she'd go to the closet and get Paul's guitar. _
Set herself down in a rocking _ chair, _ [Eb]
start strumming and humming.
Ha ha, yeah.
_ _ [Bb]
Papa's always [Ebm] letting off steam.
And he knew it was because he [Eb] knew that Mama was doing her thing.
Every [Cm] once in a while, [Ebm] _ she'd shout the, _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ [Eb] then it all came out. _
Talking about more, talking about more.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. _ _ _ _ _
Talking about more.
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ Mama, mama, mama. _
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