Mama's Got a Girlfriend Now chords by
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Key: D major

Intro 1

Verse 1
D D 
 
Papa
G G 
 
D D 
 
he left home today
Said he ain't comin' back again
Said he ain't gonna be
G G 
 
D D 
 
nobody's second best
E E 
 
Just cause mama's got
A A 
 
D D 
 
a special kind of friend

Verse 2

Papa he left home today

Said he ain't comin' back no more

Said he ain't gonna take no damn back seat

and how could mama do him so low

Verse 3
D D 
 
G G 
 
But mama's got a girlfriend
D D 
 
now boy
Mama's got a girlfriend
G G 
 
Now mama's got a girlfriend
Bm Bm 
 
D D 
 
mama's got a true friend
A A 
 
D D 
 
Mama's got a girlfriend now

Verse 4
D D 
 
G G 
 
You see mama don't watch your damn
D D 
 
football and your beer drinkin'
Just won't do you're just stayin'
G G 
 
D D 
 
out late and you're preachin'
E E 
 
The hate and you nev
A A 
 
er have been true

Verse 5

You see mama she want her

Somebody who will let her be herself

so she's leavin' you and your

stinky damn ways cause

Verse 6
A A 
 
D D 
 
She's found somebody else
G G 
 
And mama's got a girlfriend
D D 
 
Now boy mama's got a girlfriend
G G 
 
Now mama's got a girlfriend
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
mama's found a true friend
A A 
 
D D 
 
Mama's got a girlfriend now

Interlude 1

Verse 7
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
Papa he left home today
He was wavin' his hands and cryin'
G G 
 
You could tell by the sound and
D D 
 
the tone in his voice that
E E 
 
A A 
 
His heart was slowly dy in'

Verse 8

But mama said "Boy if I ever

catch you 'round here again

You ain't never gonna have nobody

else not a woman or a man"

Verse 9
D D 
 
G G 
 
And mama's got a girlfriend
D D 
 
Now boy mama's got a girlfriend
G G 
 
Now mama's got a girlfriend
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
mama found a true friend
A A 
 
Mama's got a girlfriend
D D 
 
G G 
 
Now mama's got a girlfriend
D D 
 
Now boy mama's got a girlfriend
G G 
 
Now mama's got a girlfriend
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
Mama's found a true friend
A A 
 
D D 
 
Mama's got a girlfriend now

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsD G A E Bm

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