My Mama Ain't Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Em][G][Em][C][D][G][D][C][G]
[D][Em]
[A]

[Verse 1]
My [Em]mama ain't no ma[G]dame
[C]Mas[D]sag[G]e is all[Em] the[G]y do[D]
Law [Em]troubles, sure, she's [D]had [G]'em
Been [D]stopped for speeding too
[Em][A]

[Verse 2]
[Em]
She says she ain't no [C]hippy
[G]I guess beatnik's the w[D]ord
She [C]says [Em]the world i[G]s [D]trippy
Enough, drugs are ab[Em]surd
[A]

[Verse 3]
[Em]She [A]was [Em]an English teacher[D]
[G]Her[D] Master's [G]was[Em] in Ed[D]
[Em]But she taught Harriet B[G]eecher
Stowe [D]and got fir- [Em]ed[A]

[Verse 4]
[Em]
My mama ain't [C]no loony[G]
[D]But she [G]likes [Em]join[D]ing cults
She [Em]could've been [G]a M[C]oonie
With [D]similar res[A]ults

[Verse 5]
[A]
[Em]She gave away her [C]monies
[D]And [G]all our fur[D]nishings
[Em]To benefit the b[G]unnies
And [D]all sentient be[A]ings

[Verse 6]
[A][Em]
She flirted once with [C]yoga
[G]We [D]stayed [G]on an ashram
[D]The[Em] guru wore a toga[G]
[D]- in [Em]Saratoga!
We [A]chanted [Em]Bhaja[A] govindam[Em]

[Verse 7]
My mama ain't no nud[C]ist
[D]Except [G]around the [D]pool
[Em]She's a Tibetan [D]Buddhist[G]
[D]Like Catholic only cool
[Em][A][D][A]

[Verse 8]
[Em]
Now Mama's going [C]Vedanta
[G]A similar b[D]elief
Her [Em]friends look more [C]like [G]Santa
[D]And much less [Em]like [A]Gur[Em]djieff

[Verse 9]
My Mom's a little [C]flaky[G]
[D]Believes [G]in [D]everything
[Em]From [C]auras to [G]zen [D]rei[G]ki
Ex[D]cept crystal [Em]heali[A]ng
She [Em]draws the line at crystal healing

[Outro 1]
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