Intro [Drum Roll]
| C# |And now, ladies and gentlemenThe Keeper of the Keys, the Countess of the ClinkThe Mistress of Murderers RowMatron Mama Morton
Instruments [Brass]
| Db |
Verse [Rubato]
| F#m F# | Bm |Ask any of the chickies in my pen | E | A |They'll tell you I'm the biggest mother hen| D | G#m7b5 |I love them all and all of them love me | C#7 D7 | C#7 |Because the system works, the system called reciprocity
Instruments
| F#m | F#m |
A1
| F# | F#m |Got a little motto Always sees me through| C#7 | C#7 [2/4] |When you're good to Mama Mama's good to you
Instruments
| F#m | F#m |
A2
| F# | F#m |There's a lot of favors I'm prepared to do| C#7 | C#7 [2/4] |You do one for Mama She'll do one for you
Instruments
| F#m | F#m |
B
| B Bm | F# |They say that life is tit for tat And that's the way I live | D#m D#m/D | C#7 |So, I deserve a lot of tat For what I've got to give
A3
| F# | F#m |Don't you know that this hand Washes that one, too?| C#7 | D7 C#7 |When you're good to Mama Mama's good to you
Instruments
| F#m | F#m |
Instruments
key up to Gm| Gm | Gm |
A1
| G | Gm |If you want my gravy Pepper my ragù| D7 | Eb7 D7 [2/4] |Spice it up for Mama She'll get hot for you
Instruments
| Gm | Gm |
A2
| G | Gm |When they pass that basket Folks contribute to| D7 | Eb7 D7 [2/4] |You put in for Mama She'll put out for you
Instruments
| Gm | G |
B
key down to F#m| C Cm | G |The folks atop the ladder Are the ones the world adores | Em Em/D# | D |So boost me up my ladder, kid And I'll boost you up yours
A3
| G | Gm |Let's all stroke together Like the Princeton crew| D7 | Eb7 D7 [2/4] | G |When you're strokin' Mama Mama's strokin' you
Ending [Rubato]
| C C#dim7 | G/D E7 |So what's the one conclusion I can bring this number to?| Am A7 |When you're good to Mama | Eb7 D7 |Mama's good to you
Ending
| Gm | Gm | D7 Gm |
