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