Key: Ab major
Intro 1
G
Gm
G
Verse 1
Gm
G
We gotta take our time
G
Gm
G
Gm
ted
G
Gm
G
Hey mamma
soul mamma soul papa
F#
G
Hey soul body soul body soul body
F#
G
Bm
G
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey yah gonna take my time
Gettin' this one together
Gotta go home now
Gotta go home yea
F#
G
You know about the holy roller church?
Ain't that were it started?
Gm
F#
G
Ha Ha I know
We've outgrown it now
F#
G
And I cry that I think that I can't do
I like fine clothes
G
F#
But I know where my roots are
You hear me
G
Verse 2
B
Bm
"Mamma I don't understand
Bm
G
Bm
Say hey hey
Cool down now, hey hey
G
G
G
Verse 3
Obeah woman
an Obeah woman is?
G
Bm
To get to Satan you
gotta pass through me
F#
G
name by name
G
B
Bm
I can eat thunder and drink the rain
Been through enough
B
Bm
G
There ain't nothing that I can't do
Bm
G
If I choose to, if you let me
Verse 4
G
G
G
I can eat thunder and drink the rain
F#
F#
You hear me?
Just waiting for my time
Verse 5
Obeah Obeah now
from beneath the sea
To get to Satan baby
you gotta pass through me
I know the angels name by name
I can eat thunder and drink the rain
Bm
G
How you think I lasted this long?
Alright, alright
I kiss the moon and hug the sun
O yeah oh well oh well
You people from the islands
Know about the Obeah woman
I didn't put the name on myself
And I don't like it
Sometimes,
but the weight is too heavy
The weight is too heavy
Outro 1
Let' finish it
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ChordsG Gm F# Bm B
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