A song for Mama    (intro) (midi)

G - D - C (4x)

G D

1. You taught me everything, and everything you've given me

C D

I always keep it inside,

G D C D

you're the driving force in my life, yeah.

G D

There isn't anything, or anyone that I could be,

C D

and it just wouldn't feel right

G D Em C - D

if I didn't have you by my side, ooh.

Am G D

You were there for me to love and care for me when skies were grey,

Am G D

whenever I was down, you were always there to comfort me.

Am G D

And no one else can be what you have been to me, you’ll always be,

G F Fm

you will always be the girl in my life for all times.

G D - B7

Mama, Mama, you know I love you, you know I love you,

Em G C Em

Mama, Mama, you're the queen of my heart,

C B7 Em

your love is like tears from the stars,

G Em C D G

Mama, I just want you to know, lovin' you is like food to my soul.

G - D - C

Yes, it is, yes it is, oh. (2x)

G D

2. You're always down for me, have always been around for me,

C D

even when I was bad,

G D C D

you showed me right from my wrong, yes, you did.

G D

And you took up for me, when everyone was downin' me,

C D

you always did understand,

G D Em C

you gave me strength to go on, yeah.

Am G D

There was so many times looking back when I was so afraid,

Am G D

and then you come to me, and say to me I could face anything.

Am G D

And no one else can do what you have done for me, you'll always be,

G F - Fm

you will always be the girl in my life.

G D - B7

Mama, Mama, you know I love you, you know I love you,

Em G C Em

Mama, Mama, you're the queen of my heart,

C B7 Em

your love is like tears from the stars,

G Em Am D Em

Mama, I just want you to know, lovin' you is like food to my soul.

Dm Em

Never gonna go a day without you,

C Am Em D D7

fills me up just thinking about you, I'd never go a day without my …

+ CHORUS ending in C

C D G - D - C - G - D - C - G

+ Lovin' you is like food to my soul.

(Boyz II Men)