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[Intro]
Freeze! I'm Ma Baker - put your hands in the air, gimme all your money!
( Dm- C- Am– Dm)
This is the story of Ma Baker,
( Dm- C- Am- Dm)
the meanest cat from ol' Chicago town.
[Verse 1]
She was the mDmeanest cCat, in old ChicAmago tDmown,
she was the mDmeanest cCat, she really mAmowed them dDmown.
She had no hCeart at Dmall, no no no hCeart at Dmall.
She was the mDmeanest cCat, oh she was rAmeally Dmtough,
she left her hDmusband flCat, he wasn't tAmough enDmough.
She took her bCoys alDmong, 'cos they were mCean and stDmrong.
[Chorus]
Ma Ma Ma MDma - Ma BCaker - she tAmaught her four sDmons,
Ma Ma Ma MDma - Ma BCaker - to hAmandle their gDmuns.
Ma Ma Ma MDma - Ma BCaker - she nAmever could cDmry,
Ma Ma Ma MDma - Ma BCaker - but she kAmnew how to dAie!
[Verse 2]
They left a trDmail of crCime across the AmU.S.DmA.
And when one Dmboy was kCilled, she really mAmade them pDmay.
She had no hCeart at Dmall, no no no hCeart at Dmall.
[Chorus]
Ma Ma Ma MDma - Ma BCaker - she tAmaught her four sDmons,
Ma Ma Ma MDma - Ma BCaker - to hAmandle their gDmuns.
Ma Ma Ma MDma - Ma BCaker - she nAmever could cDmry,
Ma Ma Ma MDma - Ma BCaker - but she kAmnew how to dAie!
[Verse 3]
She met a mDman she lCiked, she thought she'd sAmtay with hDmim,
When he inDmformed on thCem, they did aAmway with hDmim.
She didn't cCare at Dmall, just didn't cCare at Dmall.
[Bridge]
Dm- C- Dm- Bb– A– Dm- C- Dm- Bb- A  
"Here is a special bulletin:
Ma Baker is the FBI's most wanted woman.
Her photo is hanging on every post office wall.
If you have any information about this woman,
please contact the nearest police station..."
Dm- C- Am- Dm- Dm- C- Am- Dm  
Don't anybody move! The money or your lives!
[Verse 4]
One day they rDmobbed a bCank, it was their lAmast forDmay,
the cops apDmpeared too sCoon, they couldn't gAmet awDmay.
And all the lCoot they hDmad, it made them mCighty mDmad.
And so they sDmhot it Cout, Ma Baker Amand her sDmons.
They didn't wDmant to hCang, they died with blAmazing gDmuns.
and so the stCory Dmends, of one who lCeft no frDmiends.
[Chorus]
Ma Ma Ma MDma - Ma BCaker - she tAmaught her four sDmons,
Ma Ma Ma MDma - Ma BCaker - to hAmandle their gDmuns.
Ma Ma Ma MDma - Ma BCaker - she nAmever could cDmry,
Ma Ma Ma MDma - Ma BCaker - but she kAmnew how to dAie.
[Chorus]
Ma Ma Ma DmMa - Ma CBaker - she Amtaught her four Dmsons,
Ma Ma Ma MDma - Ma BCaker - to hAmandle their gDmuns.
Ma Ma Ma MDma - Ma BCaker - she nAmever could cDmry,
Ma Ma Ma MDma - Ma BCaker - but she kAmnew how to dAie
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The story behind the song

"Ma Baker" tells the story of a notorious criminal, portrayed as the "meanest cat" in Chicago for her callousness. The lyrics were inspired by the tales of 1930s US outlaw Ma Barker, with the name changed to "Ma Baker" because it sounded better. The song, released in 1977 on the album Love for Sale, opens with a snarling command: "Freeze, I'm Ma Baker, put your hands in the air and gimme all your money." It plays like a dramatic, high-energy narrative of a bold and fearless figure.

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