Mama Look-a Boo-boo Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays477

Mama Look-a Boo-boo by Harry Belafonte is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, F#, Bb, B and C#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Mama Look A-Boo-Boo:Harry Belafonte. 
#11 on Pop charts on RCA Records in 1956. 

Intro: F# Bb F# Bb 

#1. 
F#             B               C#  F# 
I wonder why nobody don't like me..or is it  
    B             C# 
the fact that I'm ugly? 
F#             B               C#  F# 
I wonder why nobody don't like me..or is it  
    B             C# 
the fact that I'm ugly? 

#2. 
F#         C#              F# 
I leave my whole house and home..my children  
C#               F# 
don't want me no more. 
           C#                F# 
Bad talk inside de house dey bring..and when I  
C#                 F# 
talk they start to sing.. 

Chorus:

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante