Dem Mama chords by Timaya

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Verse 1
G 
Em 
 (G major) I say they  (E minor) done come
lyo iyo
lyo iyo
lyo iyo
D 
A 
Nothing we  (D major) do  (A major) them
Em 
 (E minor) lyo iyo
lyo iyo
D 
lyo iyo  (D major) 
A 
Nigeria  (A major) na my

Verse 2
Em 
 (E minor) country yo
D 
Bayelsa na my  (D major) state iyo
A 
Em 
 (A major) This na real (E minor) ity
D 
A 
Well e bin happen for  (D major)  (A major) Bayelsa oh
Em 
Nineteen Ninety  (E minor) nine oh
D 
A 
I swear I no go for (D major) get  (A major) am oh
F#m 
A 
Em 
 (F sharp minor) When  them  (A major) kill the people  (E minor) oh
And they make the children
A 
them  (A major) orphans oh
F#m 
A 
Em 
 (F sharp minor) Any   time  (A major) wey I  (E minor) think am oh
G 
D 
A 
 (G major) Water dey pour from my  (D major) eyes  (A major) oh
Em 
Somebody say make  (E minor) I leave am oh
G 
Em 
A 
But  (G major) I say me  (E minor) I   must  (A major) talk am oh

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Verse 3
G 
I say them don kill  (G major) dem mama eh
D 
A 
Them don kill  (D major) de m papa  (A major) eh
G 
I say dem don kill  (G major) dem mama
Them papa dem mama dem
D 
papa  (D major) dem mama eh
A 
G 
 (A major) I  say they don kill dem  (G major) mama
eh dem papa eh ah
D 
A 
 (D major) Dem mama eh ah  (A major) 
G 
Wetin we go  (G major) do iyo
Do iyo
D 
Say do  (D major) iyo
A 
 (A major) Na so them march dey

Verse 4
Em 
 (E minor) go  iyo
G 
D 
Ten thousand  (G major) soldiers for  (D major) road iyo
A 
Em 
 (A major) Ask them where dem dey  (E minor) go
D 
A 
Them say dem dey go  (D major)  (A major) Bayelsa oh
Em 
Which place for  (E minor) Bayelsa
D 
A 
One village they call Odi  (D major)  (A major) oh
F#m 
A 
Em 
 (F sharp minor) Na    im them  (A major) enter our  (E minor) village
And rape our young girls
G 
D 
 (G major) An d make us  (D major) homeless oh
A 
Em 
 (A major) Them kill our mama  (E minor) iyo
G 
D 
Them kill  (G major) our papa  (D major) iyo
A 
Em 
 (A major) Them kill our  (E minor) brothers and kill
G 
our  (G major) sisters
Em 
A 
 (E minor) And make us  (A major) homeless oh
Em 
Wetin we  (E minor) go  do iyo
Do iyo
A 
Say  (A major) do iyo
Em 
Everybody dey  (E minor) cry oh
G 
A 
I  (G major) say government them  (A major) bad oh

Verse 5
G 
I say them don kill dem  (G major) mama eh eh eh
D 
Them don kill  (D major) dem papa eh
A 
G 
 (A major) I  say dem don kill  (G major) dem mama
Them papa dem mama dem
D 
papa  (D major) dem mama eh
A 
G 
 (A major) I  say they don kill  (G major) dem mama
eh dem papa eh ah
D 
A 
 (D major) Dem mama eh ah  (A major) 
G 
Wetin we go  (G major) do iyo
Do iyo
D 
A 
Say do  (D major) iyo  (A major) 

Verse 6
G 
I don die  (G major) oh
D 
A 
Poverty no good  (D major) at all oh  (A major) 
G 
Everyday  (G major) for Nigeria
D 
Na so the people dem dey  (D major) die
A 
oh  (A major) 
G 
Eeeehhh our government  (G major) oh
Na why una make us dey
D 
A 
 (D major) cry oh  (A major) 
G 
Oooh everyday  (G major) for Nigeria
D 
Na so the people dem dey  (D major) die oh
A 
G 
 (A major) Them commot for house for  (G major) morning oh
D 
A 
Money no dey for your  (D major) hand  (A major) oh
G 
Police go stop you for  (G major) road
Them go collect the one
D 
wey you  (D major) get oh
A 
G 
 (A major) Them lay allegation for your  (G major) head oh
D 
For wetin you no  (D major) do iyo
A 
G 
 (A major) Before you go  (G major) know
D 
My brother you don dey inside  (D major) cell oh
A 
I say  (A major) them don kill dem

Verse 7
G 
 (G major) mama eh eh eh
D 
A 
Them don  (D major) kill dem  (A major) papa eh
G 
I say dem don kill  (G major) de m mama
Them papa dem mama dem
D 
A 
 (D major) papa dem mama  (A major) eh
G 
I say they done kill  (G major) dem mama
eh dem papa eh ah
D 
A 
 (D major) Dem mama eh ah  (A major) 
G 
Wetin we go  (G major) do iyo
D 
Do  (D major) iyo

Verse 8
Say do iyo
A 
G 
 (A major) I say  (G major) them don kill dem mama eh eh eh
D 
Them don kill  (D major) dem papa eh
A 
G 
 (A major) I say dem don  (G major) kill dem mama
Them papa dem mama dem
D 
papa  (D major) dem mama eh
A 
G 
 (A major) I  say they don kill  (G major) dem mama
eh dem papa eh ah
D 
A 
 (D major) Dem mama eh ah  (A major) 
G 
Wetin we go  (G major) do iyo
Do iyo
D 
Say do iy (D major) o

Verse 9
A 
G 
 (A major) I say them don kill  (G major) dem
mama eh eh eh
D 
Them don kill  (D major) dem papa eh
A 
G 
 (A major) I say dem don kill  (G major) dem mama
Them papa dem mama dem
D 
papa  (D major) dem mama eh
A 
G 
 (A major) I  say they don kill dem  (G major) mama
eh dem papa eh ah
D 
A 
 (D major) Dem mama eh ah  (A major) 
G 
Wetin we go  (G major) do iyo
Do iyo
D 
 (D major) Say do iyo

Verse 10
A 
G 
I  (A major) say them don kill  (G major) dem mama eh eh eh
D 
A 
Them don kill  (D major) dem papa  (A major) eh
G 
I say them don  (G major) kill dem mama
Them papa dem mama dem
D 
papa  (D major) dem mama eh
A 
G 
 (A major) I  say they don kill  (G major) dem mama
eh dem papa eh ah
D 
A 
 (D major) Dem mama eh ah  (A major) 
G 
Wetin we go  (G major) do iyo
Do iyo
Do iyo
D 
 (D major) Everybody every

Verse 11
A 
 (A major) body
G 
Iyo  (G major) iyo
Iyo iyo
D 
Iyo  (D major) iyo Chineke ne
Everybody
A 
G 
 (A major)  (G major) Iyo iyo
Iyo iyo
D 
Iyo iyo  (D major) Chineke ne
Everybody
A 
G 
 (A major)  (G major) Iyo iyo
Iyo iyo
Iyo iyo
D 
A 
 (D major) True story ooo  (A major) 
G 
 (G major) Iyo iyo
Iyo iyo
D 
A 
Iyo iyo  (D major)  (A major) 