Safety Mama chords by
Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith
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Key: Bb major
Verse 1
Ab
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Gb
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B
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Gb
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Gb
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Gb
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Dbm
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Eb
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Let me tell you how and why
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What no- good man done
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Gb
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Gb
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to me
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E
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He called me pretty,
Dbm
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Eb
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Bbm
Bbm

Eb
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young and wild
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Ebm
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After that he let me be
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He'd taken advantage
Verse 2
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Edim
Edim

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of my mouth
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Gb
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And that you understand
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Dbdim
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So, wait a while, I'll show you, Chile
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Eb
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Ab
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Just how to treat a no- good man
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Make him
Verse 3
Eb
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stay at home, wash and iron
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Tell all the neighbors he done
lost his mind
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C
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Give your house rent shake
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on Saturday night
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Monday morning,
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E
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Dbm

you'll hold collectors good and tight
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You see a man you really like
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Let him bite that
Verse 4
monkey, brother,
in his back
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Adim
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When his cruel heart turn,
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his love breaks down
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Hold him where you got
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E
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him, make him stay in town
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Ab
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'Cause I'm a safety woman,
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Gb
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B
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Gb
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lookin' for a safety man
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E
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Ab
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I made him stay at home, help me
Verse 5
Eb
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wash and iron
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The neighbors know he done lost his mind
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C
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I give a house rent shake
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Eb
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on Saturday night
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Gb
Gb

Ab
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Monday morning, I held col
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Ab
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Gb
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E
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lectors good and tight
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Eb

I seen a man I really like
Verse 6
Ab
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I let him bite that monkey, brother,
smack in his back
When his cruel heart turn,
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Abm

Ab
Ab

Db
Db

his love breaks down
Abm
Abm

Db
Db

Ab
Ab

I hold it where I had
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Gb

Eb
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it and he stayed in town
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Ab

I'm a safety woman,
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Gb
Gb

B
B

and I had to have a safety man
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Gb

Db
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E
E

Eb
Eb

Hey, I
Verse 7
ain't good lookin',
I'm built for speed
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I've got ev'rything a
pigmeat needs
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Ab
Ab

'Cause I'm a safety woman,
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Gb
Gb

B
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Ddim
Ddim

Gb
Gb

Db
Db

lookin' for a safety man

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