Key: Ab major
Intro 1
F#
F#m
F#
Verse 1
F#m
Gb
We gotta take our time
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F#m
Gb
Gbm
ted
Gb
Gbm
Gb
Hey mamma
soul mamma soul papa
F
Gb
Hey soul body soul body soul body
F
Gb
Bbm
Gb
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
Gb
You know about the holy roller church?
Ain't that were it started?
Gbm
F
Gb
Ha Ha I know
We've outgrown it now
F
Gb
And I cry that I think that I can't do
I like fine clothes
Gb
F
But I know where my roots are
You hear me
Gb
Verse 2
Bb
Bbm
"Mamma I don't understand
Bbm
Gb
Bbm
Say hey hey
Cool down now, hey hey
Gb
Gb
Gb
Verse 3
Obeah woman
an Obeah woman is?
Gb
Bbm
To get to Satan you
gotta pass through me
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Gb
name by name
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Bb
Bbm
I can eat thunder and drink the rain
Been through enough
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Gb
There ain't nothing that I can't do
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Gb
If I choose to, if you let me
Verse 4
Gb
Gb
Gb
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
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Gb
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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