Best Tuning App Ever
MaddProfessor
“I've downloaded many tuning apps before and this one is by far the best. Easy to use, super user-friendly, and they have a bunch of fun different chords and songs to help you learn new music. I highly recommend.”
Mean Mother chords by 
Etta James
N/A•
Intro 1
Em
G
Em
G
Em
G
Em
G
Em
G
Em
G
Em
Verse 1
Em
This
G
Em
G
here is a story about how it is growing up
Em
G
Em
An d how life can make
G
you turn and change
Em
G
Em
But through it all you can rise above
G
Em
G
Em
An d be strong and learn to be me
G
One more child to
God
Em
G
Born to a family black
Em
G
Born in gray jail
Em
G
On the poor side of the tracks
Em
G
Hard enough money in the family
Em
G
To pay the rent
Em
G
Papa tells somebody it's weak to pay
Em
Because he knows it's
A
G
already spent
Em
G
Mama do ing her best now
Em
G
To keep her children out of the street
Em
G
Taught us how to protect ourselves
Em
G
Em
From the people that we might meet
So I knew right then
G
I had to shape up
Em
G
Or my life was doomed
Em
G
So I got on up , yeah
Em
Got on out of that room
G
F#m
Em
Now I'm a big mean mother
G
Em
G
Em
Don't be mistreated by no other
G
Em
G
Don't take no wooden nickels
Em
G
for my time
Em
G
Cause if you do, you know
Em
your heart is mine
G
I learned to live the hard way
Em
G
Em
G
Don't let no fool now
Em
Behind my back
G
Em
G
You see where I grew up
Right there in the heart
Em
G
Em
beat of the city
G
Em
Folks didn't give you no slack
G
Em
All day long people search
G
Em
ing for the dope man
G
Em
G
Cause they know he can
Em
take them to the sky
G
Em
G
All the big time hustlers taking
Em
folks for what they could
G
Em
Lord knows,
G
Em
I wouldn't tell you no lie
D
A
G
F#m
Em
Made me a real mean mother
G
Em
G
Em
I get respect from all others
G
Em
G
Em
Ain't got time to weep and moan
G
Em
G
I'm too busy taking care
Em
G
of my own
Em
G
Em
G
Em
G
Em
Oh, yeah, yeah
G
Em
G
Em
G
Em
G
Em
G
Em
G
Em
G
Em
G
Em
G
A
G
F#m
Em
I'm a big fat mother,
G
Em
G
won't be misled by no other
A
Em
If you wanna deal with me,
G
Em
then treat me right
G
Em
G
Em
Or I just might put out your life
G
F#m
Em
G
Oh, cause I'm a real bad mother
Em
Won't be mistreated
G
Em
by no other
Don't take no wooden niggas
G
Em
from my time
G
Em
Cause if I do,
G
Em
G
Em
G
you know you'll hide a smile
Em
G
Em
Well, I'm a real mean mother
G
Em
G
Em
Won't be misled by no other
G
Em
G
Em
I'm a real bad mother
G
Em
G
Won't be misled by no other
Em
G
Em
G
Mother, big, bad,
Em
G
Em
G
mean
Em
G
A
Em
G
Em
Mother, big, bad, mother
G
Em
Real mean mother
G
Em
Big, bad, mean
How did you like the song?
You need to log in to leave a rating.
Learn to play Mean Mother by Etta James with GuitarTuna
Master Mean Mother by Etta James on guitar and explore 10000 tabs created by our verified editors.
Whether you're learning Mean Mother by Etta James for the first time or perfecting your skills, GuitarTuna makes it easier to practice across guitar, bass and piano. Join 2 Million musicians already playing songs they love on GuitarTuna. Rated 4/5 on App Store.
Autoscroll20%
Join millions playing with GuitarTuna
- #1 Tuner
in AppStore & Google Play
- +
AppStore & Play rating
- M
Downloads worldwide
- k+
Songs available
Trusted by guitar players worldwide
Well-Designed App
Rose the Black Cat
“I mostly use this for tuning my guitar, which this app makes ridiculously easy. It also has a large selection of songs to play along to and it helps show you which chords to play as well how to make the shapes with your fingers.”
Got me back into playing
Tuliketsune
“I got this app to tune an old guitar, and noticed it has a feature that autoscrolls as I play chords to famous songs. For some reason, this was a lot more motivating for me than any other way of practicing guitar. Now I'm actually practicing and remembering the names of chords 🙂”
Secret weapon
Brad
“Not only is it a tuner (best app tuner I've used personally) but it also has a metronome, games, chords, and a plethora of instruments to choose from and it's SUPER easy to navigate. I love it! Thanks for making an awesome app. From one musician to another, THANKS!!!”
Very reliable tuner
theNewPaul
“This is a great app! Very easy to use and very reliable, if you are just starting out, you can take a big worry off your mind, by getting in tune quickly and easily with this app. Highly recommended!”
This is the best guitar tuner ever.
Caleb Schafli
“It tunes your guitar accurately so you can get the best sound. I like all the other little games as well because they teach you how to play different chords and you can learn to identify the chords by listening to them and it is all offline.”
Great to tune and play
Lynae T
“I love how easy it is to tune and find and play my favorite songs.”