Sweet Mama Papa's Getting Mad chords by Leon Redbone

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Verse 1

[Sweet Mama Papa's

Getting Mad]

Fred Rose, George A. Little,

Peter L. Frost

Verse 2
C 
So  (C major) my sweet mama packed
A 
her bag and started  (A major) away
D 
G 
C 
She  (D major) said she's  (G major) leaving town  (C major) 
Now if I had only thought
A 
and asked her  (A major) to stay
D 
G 
 (D major) She might have set that satchel  (G major) down

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Verse 3

Well I'm feeling awfully

lonesome and blue

Since my mama went away

Now if I had only thought

and asked her to stay

She might have set that

satchel down

Verse 4

Sweet mama, papa's getting mad

Verse 5
F 
I  (F major) know the sweetest peaches
don't grow on trees
C 
I know  (C major) the sweetest honey
A 
don't come from  (A major) the bees
D 
I'm  (D major) tired of listening to your corrections
G 
A 
 (G major) You'd better find some good protec (A major) tion
G 
 (G major) Sweet

Verse 6

mama, papa's done gone mad

Verse 7
F 
E 
 (F major) I never thought I'd ever feel so bad  (E major) 
A 
 (A major) You flirted with the butcher; you
flirted with the baker
D 
 (D major) Now you're flirting with
G 
C 
the  (G major) undertaker  (C major) 
Ab 
C 
Sweet  (A flat major) mama,  (C major) papa's done gone

Interlude 1
mad
C 
Ab 
C 
G 
 (C major)  (A flat major)  (C major)  (G major) 
C 
F 
C 
 (C major)  (F major)  (C major) 
A 
D 
G 
 (A major)  (D major)  (G major) 
A 
 (A major) 

Verse 8

(break)

Sweet mama, papa's done gone mad

Verse 9
F 
E 
 (F major) I never thought I'd ever feel so bad  (E major) 
A 
 (A major) You flirted with the butcher; you
flirted with the baker
D 
 (D major) Now you're flirting with
G 
the undertaker (G major) 
C 
Ab 
Sweet  (C major)  (A flat major) mama,
C 
G 
papa's  (C major)  (G major) done gone mad