Intro
D#m F# G#m
D#m F# G#m
F# B F# G#m
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verse 1
G#m D#m F#
Listen, mama
G#m7 D#m F#
So many words to describe you
G#m7 F#
Strong would be an understatement
B F#/A# G#madd2
Warrior would suit you so much better
G#m D#m F
‘Cause you’ve been fighting
G#m D#m F#
She was just turning 16
G#m F#
Daddy left her out in the cold streets
B
He wasn’t having it
F#/A# G#m Bbm7
He found all her sins underneath the mattress
Pre-Chorus
Bbm7 Am7 G#m7
Then suddenly her daddy up and died
G#m7 B/C# Ddim7
But still she sees her father there in Lucious’ eyes
D#m F# G#m D#m F# G#m
Mama, oh mama,
F# B
For everything you’ve been through
F#/A# G#m
There’s nothing that I won’t do for
D#m F# G#m D#m F# G#m
You, mama, oh mama
F# B
See you deserve the best of
F#/A# G#m D#m
What this world can offer to you
D#m F# G#m
Mama, I love you
D#m F# G#m
Mama mama mama I do love you
F# B F# G#m
Mama I love you, mama mama
verse 2
G#m D#m F# G#m
In love with the thought of becoming queen
D#m F# G#m
She never told, she did seventeen
G#m F# B
She gave it all so unselfishly
F#/A# G#m
And she did it all just for loyalty
Bbm7
That’s my mama
Pre-Chorus
Bbm7 Am7 G#m7
I never knew someone to sacrifice
G#m7 B/C# Ddim7 D#m
Everything for love, even gave up their whole lives
D#m F# G#m D#m F# G#m
Oh mama
F# B
For everything you’ve been through
F#/A# G#m
There’s nothing that I won’t do for
D#m F# G#m D#m F# G#m
You, oh mama
F# B
See you deserve the best of
F#/A# G#m
What this world can offer
Bridge
G#m7 Am7 Bbm7 Bbm7 Am7 B/C#
You’re the reason for my being here
B/C# B/C# Am7 Bbm7
Mama I’m so grateful, yes I am
Bbm7 Bbm7 Am7 G#m7
I'm gon' be the one to guide your heart
D#m G#m7 B/C# Ddim7 D#m
Although Lucious raised us, you still made us from the sun
D#m F# G#m D#m F# G#m
Mama, oh mama
F# B
For everything you’ve been through
F#/A# G#m
There’s nothing that I won’t do for
D#m F# G#m D#m F# G#m
You, oh mama
F# B
See you deserve the best of
F#/A# G#m
What this world can offer
D#m
To you