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 my sweet mama packed
A 
her bag and started away
D 
G 
C 
She said she's leaving town
Now if I had only thought
A 
and asked her to stay
D 
G 
She might have set that satchel 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 know the sweetest peaches
don't grow on trees
C 
I know the sweetest honey
A 
don't come from the bees
D 
I'm tired of listening to your corrections
G 
A 
You'd better find some good protection
G 
Sweet

Verse 6

mama, papa's done gone mad

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

Interlude 1
mad
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G 
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Verse 8

(break)

Sweet mama, papa's done gone mad

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