Blues for Mama chords by Nina Simone

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Intro 1

Hey Lordy mama

Verse 1
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 (A major) I  heard you  (A minor) wasn't
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feeling' good  (A major) 
They're spreadin' dirty rumors
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 (A minor) All around the neigh (A major) borhood  (A minor)  (A major)  (D major) 
They say you're mean and evil
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And don't know what to do  (A major) 
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 (A minor) That's the reas (A major) on  (A minor) that he's gone
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And left you black  (A major) and blue
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Hey  (A minor)  (E minor) yeah  (D major) 
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Tell me what you gonna  (A major) do now
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 (D major)  (A major)  (D major)  (E minor) 

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Verse 2
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 (A major) They say  (A minor) he's left you all
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alone  (A major) 
To weather this old storm
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He's got another  (A minor) woman now  (A major) 
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Hangin' on his arm,  (A minor) 
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yeah yeah yeah  (A major)  (D major) 
That old fool's tellin' everybody
He's sick and tired of you
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 (A major) Hey Lordy  (D major) Lordy mama
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 (E minor) What  (D major) you gonna do
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Hey yeah  (E minor)  (D major) 
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Tell  (A major) me what you gonna do
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 (D major)  (A minor)  (A major)  (E minor) 

Verse 3
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 (A major) 
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They say you love  (D major) to fuss  (E minor) and  fight  (A major) 
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And bring a good  (D major) man down  (E minor)  (A major) 
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And don't  (D major) know how to treat
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him  (G major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (C major)  (D major) 
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They say you ain't behind  (A major) him  (C major)  (D major) 
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And just don't understand  (E minor)  (A major) 
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And  (D major) think that you're a woman
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 (G major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (D major) But actin' like  (E minor) a man  (D major)  (E minor)  (D major) 
Hey Lordy mama
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What you gonna  (A major) do now
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 (D major)  (A minor)  (A major)  (D major)  (E minor) 

Verse 4
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 (A major) Get  (D major) your nerves togeth (E minor) er, baby
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 (A major) And  (D major) set the record straight
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 (E minor) Set it straight
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 (A major) Let the whole  (D major) round  (E minor) world  (D major) know
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It wasn't  (G major) you
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 (A major) That cause  (D major) his  (A major) bitter fate  (C major)  (A major)  (D major) 
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All these  (E minor) years you loved him  (C major)  (D major) 
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And he knows it's true  (A minor) 
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 (A major) 'Cause what  (D major) you're wantin'
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For your man  (E minor)  (A minor)  (A major) 
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Is  (D major) what he's wantin',  (E minor) too
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Hey yeah  (D major)  (A major) 
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Tell me  (D major) what you gonna
do now
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 (A major)  (E minor) 

Verse 5
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When you love a man enough
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You're bound to disagree  (A major) 
'Cause ain't nobody perfect
'Cause ain't nobody free
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 (D major) Hey  (E minor) Lordy mama  (D major) 
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Tell me what you gonna  (A major) do
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Ebdim 
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 (D major) What you gonna  (E flatdim)  (E minor) do   (A major) 