Key: G# minor
Verse 1
B
Em
G
Hey mama, what's that there?
C
B
And oh mama, hey mama,
C
F
B
hey look it over there
Em
G
Hey, where they going there?
C#
C
Hey, what they doing there?
C
B
elephant over there?
Bbm
C
G
Hey, who that in my chair?
Gm
Bbm
Hey, what she doing there?
C
B
C
And oh mama, hey mama,
C#
C
B
hey what that say up there?
Em
B
Hey mama, what's a square?
D
C
B
Hey, where do we get air?
Em
B
elephant over there?
My quizzical kid,
Em
B
she doesn't want
anything hid.
She's forever demanding
Bbm
B
to know who, what, why, and where.
Em
B
and sometimes the questions get wild.
F
B
Like mama, can I have that big
elephant over there?
Am
C
Don't want to comb my hair,
A#
C
hey wear my teddy bear,
and oh mama,
B
C
C#
F#
B
hey look at that cowboy com in' there
Em
B
D
C#
C
Hey can I have a pair of boots like that to wear,
B
C
Em
F
hey mama can I have that big elephant over there
B
Em
The time will march,
Bbdim
B
C
C#dim
the years will go,
B
C
the little lady's gonna grow
B
C
B
I gotta tell her all she'll need to know
F
B
I'll help her along so she'll
Bb
Bbm
B
Gotta make her strong
Em
Am
As life's parade
Em
B
C
goes trudging by
Em
B
She'll need to know some reasons
Em
B
C
B
Why I don't have all the answers
Gotta help her to plan so
A#m
when you finally send her out into the
B
world somewhere
Mama can I have that big elephant
A#
over there?
Em
D
What they doin' there?
C
G
hey why that underdare?
How come I gotta share?
Fdim
over there?
F#
Yeah,
B
A#m
mama, can I have that big elephant over there?
Fm
B
Yeah, mama, can I have that big
B
C
B
elephant over there?
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