Mama sang bass chords by
Ray Stevens

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Key: F major

Verse 1
D D 
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A A 
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D D 
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When I was kid in
my home town
G G 
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People would come from miles around
D D 
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Just to get a job at the
pharmaceutical factory
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D D 
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Making strong medicines
of all descriptions
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Now every time I get a new prescription
D D 
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It brings a dose of old
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D D 
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memories back to me

Verse 2
D D 
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Now daddy was assigned
to birth control pills
G G 
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Breathing that air that was hormone filled
D D 
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And mama made body building
A A 
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steroids all day long
D D 
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And when Sundays came
they sang in the choir
G G 
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And even the an gels had to admire
D D 
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A A 
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Make the hair stand up when
D D 
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they sang a song

Verse 3
D D 
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Mama sang bass,
daddy sang tenor
G G 
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You wouldn't think she had it in her
D D 
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But her voice got deeper
A A 
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and deeper every week
D D 
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Daddy sang tenor, mama sang bass
G G 
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She had strength and he had grace
D D 
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It's kind of like they traded
A A 
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D D 
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places so to speak
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Verse 4
D D 
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Bb Bb 
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Eb Eb 6
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Well the preacher said "Folks,
I recognize your talents
Ab Ab 4
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But you see this choir's out of balance
Eb Eb 6
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And the bass sounds better when it's
Bb Bb 
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coming from the other side"
Eb Eb 6
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Well mama's pa  tience
never was the greatest
Ab Ab 4
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And daddy wouldn't think
of sitting with the ladies
Eb Eb 6
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So the only thing to do was
Bb Bb 
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Eb Eb 6
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give their hormones a ride
B B 2
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Now the fact

Verse 5
E E 
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ory was
a working on this DNA
A A 
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That programs molecules in such a way
E E 
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That anything wrong can
B B 2
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sometimes be reversed
E E 
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So they made um up a shot,
put it in their veins
A A 
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Waited all week till Sunday came
E E 
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To see if that in jection was
B B 2
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E E 
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a blessing or a curse

Verse 6
Dbm Dbm 4
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Bbdim Bbdim 
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The media coverage
was so intense
C#m C#m 4
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Bbdim Bbdim 
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It made the OJ trial
seem like a non event
Edim Edim 
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Gdim Gdim 5
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The church was filled
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up to       the brim
Bsus4 Bsus4 2
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B B 2
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Just to hear     that opening hymn,
then:

Verse 7
B B 2
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E E 
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Mama sang... bass..., daddy
sang tenor...
A A 
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She got stronger, he got thinner
E E 
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That's what you get for trying
B B 2
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to hard to please
E E 
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Daddy sang tenor, mama sang bass
A A 
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He makes dinner while she
shaves her face
E E 
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B B 2
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Now what else do you want to know
E E 
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about the birds and the bees
B B 2
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E E 
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Verse 8
- You know I got a powerful
urge to scratch and spit.
B B 2
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E E 
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I love to watch baseball
- Baseball? Well mama you
used to love to knit,
What happened to that?
- Knit! Let's go to the wrestling
matches.
- Wrestling?
- Let's arm wrestle.
- Oh no!
- Hey, you ain't got any red man on ya,
do ya?
- Red man?
- I know, let's go cow tippin'.
- Cow tippin! Listen ma,
you just about wore ol' Bossy out
- Quiet, you might wake her up.
E E 
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Rock a- bye Bossy...
- Lord have mercy!

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