Rockabye chords by Kurt Hugo Schneider

SimplifiedEm · C · D · Bm · Dsus4

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Em
C
D
Bm
Dsus4

Verse 1
Em 
C 
D 
She  (E minor) works the nights  (C major) by the wa (D major) ter
Bm 
Em 
 (B minor) She's gone astray  (E minor) so  far away
C 
D 
 (C major) From my father's  (D major) daughter
Bm 
Em 
C 
D 
 (B minor) She just wants a life  (E minor)  (C major) for her baby  (D major) 
Bm 
Em 
 (B minor) All on her own,  (E minor) no one will come
C 
Dsus4 
 (C major) She's got to save  (Dsus4) him
D 
She tells  (D major) him, "Ooh, love,

Verse 2
Em 
 (E minor) 
C 
D 
no  (C major) one's ever gonna hurt  (D major) you, love
Bm 
Em 
I'm  (B minor) gonna give you all of  (E minor) my  love
C 
D 
Nobody  (C major) matters like  (D major) you."
Em 
C 
She tells him,  (E minor) "Your life ain't  (C major) gon'
D 
be nothing like  (D major) my life
Bm 
Em 
You're  (B minor) gonna grow and have a  (E minor) good life
C 
D 
I'm  (C major) gonna do what I've  (D major) got to do

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Verse 3
Em 
C 
So,  (E minor) rockabye baby,  (C major) 
D 
 (D major) rockabye
Bm 
Em 
 (B minor) I'm gonna rock you  (E minor) 
C 
D 
Rockabye baby,  (C major) don't you cry  (D major) 
Em 
Somebody's got you  (E minor) 
C 
D 
Rockabye baby,  (C major)  (D major) rockabye
Bm 
Em 
 (B minor) I'm gonna rock you  (E minor) 
C 
Rockabye baby,  (C major) don't you cry
D 
 (D major) Rockabye
Rockabye
Single mama, you doing out there
Bm 
Em 
Facing the  (B minor) hard life without  (E minor) no  fear,
yeah
C 
D 
Just so you know  (C major)  (D major) that
Bm 
you  (B minor) really care
Em 
'Cause  (E minor) any obstacle
come you're well prepared
Oh, no
C 
D 
No, mama, you  (C major) never  (D major) shed tear
'Cause you have to shed
Em 
 (E minor) things year after year
And you give the youth love
C 
 (C major) beyond compare, yeah
D 
Bm 
Em 
You  (D major) find  (B minor) his school fee and the bus  (E minor) fare,
yeah
C 
Mmm,  (C major) Marie, the pops' disappear
D 
In the round back can (D major) 't
Bm 
find him  (B minor) nowhere
Em 
C 
Steadily you  (E minor)  (C major) work
D 
flow, everything  (D major) you know
Say you nah stop no time – no time
Bm 
for  (B minor) your jear
Em 
Now she got a six-  (E minor) year- old
C 
Trying to keep  (C major) him warm
Dsus4 
Trying to keep  (Dsus4) out the cold
D 
When  (D major) he looks in her eyes
Em 
He don't  (E minor) know he is safe
When she says, "Ooh,
C 
D 
 (C major) love, no one's ever gonna hurt  (D major) you, love
Bm 
Em 
I'm  (B minor) gonna give you all of  (E minor) my  love
C 
D 
Nobody  (C major) matters like  (D major) you."
Em 
C 
So,  (E minor) rockabye baby,  (C major) 
D 
 (D major) rockabye
Bm 
Em 
 (B minor) I'm gonna  (E minor) rock you
C 
D 
Rockabye baby,  (C major) don't you cry  (D major) 
Somebody's got you
Em 
 (E minor) Rockabye baby, rockabye
I'm gonna rock you
C 
Rockabye baby,  (C major) don't you cry
D 
Oh- bad (D major) da- bang-
bang- bang, alright then
Rockabye, no
Bm 
 (B minor) Rockabye- rocka-
rocka- rocka- bye
Rockabye, yeah, oh, oh
Em 
Rockabye-  (E minor) rocka- rocka- rocka-
C 
bye  (C major) 
Rockabye, don't bother cry
D 
 (D major) Lift up your head,
Em 
C 
D 
Bm 
lift it up to the  (E minor) sky  (C major)  (D major)  (B minor) 
Em 
Rockabye, don't bother  (E minor) cry
C 
Angels surround you,  (C major) 
D 
Bm 
Em 
 (D major)  (B minor) just dry your  (E minor) eye
C 
Now she got a six- year-  (C major) old
D 
Trying to  (D major) keep him warm
Bm 
Em 
Trying to keep  (B minor) out the  (E minor) cold
C 
When he  (C major) looks in her eyes
D 
 (D major) He don't know he is safe when she says
Em 
C 
D 
 (E minor) She tells him,  (C major)  (D major) "Ooh, love,
Bm 
Em 
 (B minor) no  one's ever gonna hurt  (E minor) you, love
I'm gonna give you all
C 
 (C major) of my love
D 
Nobody mat (D major) ters like you."
Stay out there, stay out there
She tells him, "Your life ain't gonna be nothing
like my life. Stay
Em 
You're gonna grow and have a good  (E minor) life
I'm gonna do what I've got to do."
C 
So, rockabye baby,  (C major) rockabye
D 
Rockabye- rocka- rocka- rocka- bye  (D major) 
Bm 
Em 
I'm  (B minor) gonna rock you  (E minor) 
C 
D 
Rockabye baby,  (C major) don't you cry  (D major) 
Em 
Rockabye- rocka-  (E minor) rock
a- rocka- bye
C 
Somebody's got  (C major) you
Rockabye baby,
rockabye
D 
Rockabye- rocka- rocka- rocka- bye  (D major) 
Bm 
Em 
I'm  (B minor) gonna  (E minor) rock you
C 
Rockabye baby,  (C major) 
D 
don't you cry  (D major) 
Oh- badda- bang- bang- bang,
Em 
al (E minor) right then
Rockabye
Rockabye, don't bother cry
C 
D 
Bm 
Em 
Lift  (C major) up  (D major) your  (B minor) head, lift it up to the  (E minor) sky.
Rockabye
C 
D 
Rockabye, don't bother  (C major)  (D major) cry,
yeah
Em 
Angels surround  (E minor) you, just dry
your eye, yeah
C 
D 
Bm 
Rockabye, don't  (C major)  (D major) bother  (B minor) cry, no
Em 
Lift  (E minor) up your head, lift it up to the sky,
C 
D 
 (C major)  (D major) oh
Rockabye, don't bother cry
Angels surround you, just dry your eye