When You're Good To Mama Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[A]And now, ladies and gentlemen
The Keeper of the Keys,
the Countess of the Clink
The Mistress of Murderers Row
Matron Mama Mor[D]ton[A]
Ask [Dm]any of the chickies [D]in my [Gm]pen
They'll [C]tell you I'm the biggest mother [F]hen
I [Bb]love them all and all of them love [Gm]me
Because the [Dm]system works,
the system called [A]reciprocity
[Dm][Gm][A]
[Dm][Gm][A]

[Verse 1]
[D]Got a little motto
[Dm]Always sees me through
[A]When you're good to Mama
Mama's good to [Dm]you[Gm][A]
[Dm][Gm][A]

[Verse 2]
[D]There's a lot of favors
[Dm]I'm prepared to do
[A]You do one for Mama
She'll do one for [Dm]you[Gm][A]
[Dm][D]

[Bridge 1]
They [G]say that life is [Gm]tit for tat
And [D]that's the way I live
So, [Bm]I deserve a lot of tat
For [E]what I've got to [A]give

[Verse 3]
[D]Don't you know that this hand
[Dm]Washes that one, too?
[A]When you're good to Mama
[Bb]Mama's [A]good [Dm]to y[Gm]ou[A]
[Dm][D]
[Ebm][Abm][Bb]
[Ebm][Abm][Bb]

[Verse 4]
[Eb]If you want my gravy
[Ebm]Pepper my ragù
[Bb]Spice it up for Mama
She'll get hot for [Ebm]you[Abm][Bb]
[Ebm][Abm][Bb]

[Verse 5]
[Eb]When they pass that basket
[Ebm]Folks contribute to
[Bb]You put in for Mama
She'll put out for [Ebm]you[Abm][Bb]
[Eb]

[Bridge 2]
The [Ab]folks atop the [Abm]ladder
Are the [Eb]ones the world adores
So [Cm]boost me up my ladder, kid
And [F]I'll boost you up [Bb]yours

[Verse 6]
[Eb]Let's all stroke together
[Ebm]Like the Princeton crew
[Bb]When you're strokin' Mama
[Cb]Mama's [Bb]strokin' [Eb]you

[Outro 1]
So [Ab]what's the one con[F]clusion
I can [Eb]bring this number [C]to?
[Fm]When you're good to [F]Mama
[Cb]Mama's [Bb]good to [Ebm]you[Abm][Bb]
[Ebm][Abm][Bb]
[Bb](ah [Ebm]yeah)