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Chicago - When Youre Good To Mama

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SONG: When You're Good To Mama
ARTIST: John Kander & Fred Ebb
From the musical, Chicago
    Fm                  F7    A#m
Ask any of the chickies in my pen
        D#7                             G#
They'll tell you I'm the biggest mother hen
  C#                               A#mG
                                   /
I love them all and all of them love me
            Fm             Fdim      C7FdimC C7 Fm
                                       /     
Because the system works the system called reciprocity
C7     G
(sus4)/
C7    Fm
C7     G
(sus4)/
C7
F
Got a little motto
Fm
Always sees me through
C7
When you're good to Mama
                   Fm
Mama's good to you
C7     G
(sus4)/
C7
F
There's a lot of favors
Fm
I'm prepared to do
C7
You do one for Mama
                     Fm
She'll do one for you
F
(susG)
F    A#               A#m6
They say that life is tit for tat
    F
And that's the way I live
   Dm        F
             +
So I deserve a lotta tat
    G7                  C7
    (sus4)              
For what I've got to give
F
Don't you know that this hand
Fm
Washes that one too
C7
When you're good to Mama
C#7 C7+5   FmC7
            (sus4)
Mama's good to you
C7    Fm
C7
(sus4)
C7
F
If you want my gravy
Fm
Pepper my ragout
C7
Spice it up for Mama
                      Fm
She'll get hot for you
C7
(sus4)
C7
F
When the pass that basket
Fm
Folks contribute to
C7
You put in for Mama
                      Fm
She'll put out for you
F
(susG)
F   A#             A#m6
The folks atop the ladder
        F
Are the ones the world adores
   Dm           F
                +
So boost me up my ladder kid
    G7                   C7
    (sus4)               
And I'll boost you up yours
F
Let's all stroke together
Fm
Like the Princeton Crew
C7
When you're strokin' Mama
C#9    C9         F7
Mama's strokin' you
   A#                G7/B
So what's the one conclusion
      F/C               D7
I can bring this number to?
Gm7                 G7
When you're good to Mama
C#7 C7+5FmGm7C7
            (+9)  
Mama's good to you
Fm
Gm7C7     C7+5
   (+9)   
Fm

Chicago - When Youre Good To Mama chords and lyrics

Free chords for Chicago - When Youre Good To Mama by Misc Musicals. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

SONG: When You're Good To Mama
ARTIST: John Kander & Fred Ebb
From the musical, Chicago
C7(sus4)/G
C7    Fm
C7(sus4)/G
C7   
C7(sus4)/G
C7   
F(susG)
C7    Fm
C7(sus4)
C7   
C7(sus4)
C7   
F(susG)
Fm
Gm7   C7(+9)   C7+5
Fm

Chicago - When Youre Good To Mama Chords by Misc Musicals

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