Rockabye Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am]Call it love[F] and devotion[G]
[C]Call it the mom's adorat[Am]ion
(founda[F]tion)
A special [G]bond of [C]creation, hah
[Am]For all [F]the single mums out ther[G]e
Going through frus[C]tration
Clean [Am]Bandit, Sean-Da-[F]Paul, Anne-marie,
[E]sing, make them hear

[Verse 1]
She works the [Am]night, [F]by the wat[G]er
[Em]She's gonna stre[Am]ss, so far away[F]
from her father's [G]daughter
[Em]She just wants a life [Am]for [F]her baby[G]
[Em]All on her own, [Am]no one will come[F]
She's got to [G]save him (daily [Em]struggle)

[Pre-chorus 1]
She tells him [Am]"ooh love"
[F]No one's ever gonna hurt [G]you, love
[Em]I'm gonna give you all of [Am]my love
[F]Nobody matters like [G]you
(stay up there...)
[Em]She tells him "you[Am]r life
[F]ain't gonna be nothing like [G]my life
[Em]You're gonna grow and have a [Am]good life
[F]I'm gonna do what I've [G]got to [Em]do"

[Chorus 1]
So, [Am]rockabye [F]baby, racka[G]bye
[Em]I'm gonna rock you
[Am]Rockabye [F]baby, don't you [G]cry
[Em]Somebody's got you
[Am]rockabye [F]baby, racka[G]bye
[Em]I'm gonna rock you
[Am]Rockabye [F]baby, don't you [G]cry

[Interlude 1]
Rocka[Am]bye[F]
Oh-[G]oh
(Rockabye-rocka-[Em]rocka-rocka...)
Rocka[Am]bye[F]
Oh-[G]oh
(Rockabye-rocka-[Em]rocka-rocka-bye)

[Verse 2]
[Am]Single mom what you doin[F]g out there?
[G]Facing the hard life [Em]without no fear
[Am]Just see and know that [F]you really care
'Cause [G]any obstacle come [Em]you well prepared
[Am]And no mamma you n[F]ever shed tear
'Cause [G]you haffi set things [Em]year after year
And [Am]you give the youth love [F]beyond compare
[G]You find the school fee and the bus fare

[Verse 3]
[Am]Hmmmm more when [F]paps disappear
[G]In a wrong bar can't [Em]find him nowhere
[Am]Steadily you work flow, [F]heavily you know
so you [G]nah stop, no time,
no time fi a jeer
[Am]Now she gotta a six year o[F]ld
Trying to [G]keep him warm
[Em]Trying to keep all the [Am]cold
When he [F]looks her in the eyes
[G]He don't know he is saf[Em]e when she says

[Pre-chorus 2]
[Am]"ooh love"
[F]No one's ever gonna hurt [G]you, love
[Em]I'm gonna give you all of [Am]my love
[F]Nobody matters like [G]you[Em]

[Chorus 2]
So, [Am]rockabye [F]baby, racka[G]bye
[Em]I'm gonna rock you
[Am]Rockabye [F]baby, don't you [G]cry
[Em]Somebody's got you
[Am]rockabye [F]baby, racka[G]bye
[Em]I'm gonna rock you
[Am]Rockabye [F]baby, don't you [G]cry

[Bridge 1]
Rocka[Am]bye[F]
Oh-[G]oh
(Rockabye-rocka-[Em]rocka-rocka...)
Rocka[Am]bye[F]
Oh-[G]oh
(Rockabye-rocka-[Em]rocka-rocka-bye)
[Am]Rockabye don't[F] bother cry
[G]Lift up your head, lift it [Em]up to the sky, yo
[Am]Rockabye don't[F] bother cry
[G]Angels around you, [Em]just joy your eye

[Bridge 2]
[Am]Now she gotta a six year o[F]ld
Trying to [G]keep him warm
[Em]Trying to keep all the [F]cold
When he looks her in the eyes
[E]He don't know he's safe when she says

[Pre-chorus 3]
She tells him [Am]"ooh love"
[F]No one's ever gonna hurt [G]you, love
[Em]I'm gonna give you all of [Am]my love
[F]Nobody matters like [G]you
(stay up there...)
[Em]She tells him "you[Am]r life
[F]ain't gonna be nothing like [G]my life
[Em]You're gonna grow and have a [Am]good life
[F]I'm gonna do what I've [G]got to [Em]do"

[Chorus 3]
So, [Am]rockabye [F]baby, racka[G]bye
[Em]I'm gonna rock you
[Am]Rockabye [F]baby, don't you [G]cry
[Em]Somebody's got you
[Am]rockabye [F]baby, racka[G]bye
[Em]I'm gonna rock you
[Am]Rockabye [F]baby, don't you [G]cry

[Outro 1]
Rocka[Am]bye
Rockabye [F]don't bother cry
[G]Lift up your head, lift it [Em]up to the sky, yo
[Am]Rockabye don't[F] bother cry
[G]Angels around you, [Em]just joy your eye
[Am]
Rockabye [F]don't bother cry
[G]Lift up your head, lift it [Em]up to the sky, yo
[Am]Rockabye don't[F] bother cry
[G]Angels around you, [Em]just joy your eye
[Am][F][G][C]
[F][Dm][E]