Mother Mother - Mama Told Me Chords

[Chorus]
C     Gadd11    C
Mamma told me
       Gadd11  Em             G
Only lonely people gonna hold me
                      C     Gadd11         C
Only those who can't help themselves, yeah
       Gadd11        Em
Only those who will need my shelter
G
Mama tells me
 
[Verse 1]
G          C
I believe, I believe in mamma trying
C
Believe in father lying
G#           F      G
I believe in lovers crying
C                       C
I believe in education, nurture and good education
 
[Verse 2]
G#           F      Fm
Mama gave me music lessons
G                               C
Now I play the saddest songs    ah ah ah
                    Em
Is that really what mamma wanted?
G               C Gadd11 C/B C
For her baby to be so haunted?
                    Em
Is that really what she intended?
G
Mamma said this:
 
[Chorus]
C       Gadd11  C
Hold me closer
      Gadd11      Em
Even though I'm a mamma
         G
She told me: You're just lonely
C       Gadd11   C
Help me help ya
       Gadd11        Em
Even though I know you're just helpless
G
Mamma said this
 
[Verse 3]
G          C
I believe, I believe in conversation
C
In good communicating
G#               F      Fm
And I believe in letter-writing
G                       C
But now all I write are melodies (melodies)
                   Em             G
Simple, sweet, and simply haunt me
                    Em
Little rhythms that scold and hold me
                   Em
Only cause I know they are lonely
G                  G       Asus2
Mamma told me
 
[Break]
C           Gadd11
(ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-maa
C       Gadd11        G#
Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-maa ooh
F        G
Ooh ooh ooh
C           Gadd11
Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-maa
C         Gadd11       G#
Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-maa ooh
F       G
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
 
[Verse 4]
C
Mamma help me, I'm helpless, I'm helpless
    Em            G
I'm tempted, I'm tempted
C
Can't you see it's only loneliness
        Em                 G
And it's helpless, oh it's helpless
 
[Bridge]
*play only 4 and 5 strings in palm mute
C   Csus2    C      Csus     C   Csus2    C          Csus
  I took what mamma said and kept it forefront in my head
C     Csus2    C       Csus
  But now that mamma's dead
 
   F
I love how you are lonely
Em
Help me help you hold me
   F
I take what mamma told me
       Em
And I read what mamma wrote me
      F
And I read it to you slowly
        Em
And you told me she was lonely
      F
Oh my mamma, she was lonely
         G7
And it's all she really told me
 
[Chorus]
C
Mamma told me
               Em             G
That lonely people gonna hold me
                      C     Gadd11         C
Only those who can't help themselves, yeah
       Gadd11        Em
Only those who will need my shelter
G
Mamma tells me
 
[Outro]
C           Gadd11
(ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-maa
C           Gadd11
Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-maa
C           Gadd11
I believe in mammas trying
C           Gadd11
I believe in fathers lying
C           Gadd11
I believe in lovers crying
C           Gadd11
I believe in education
C           Gadd11
I believe in music lessons
C           Gadd11
I believe in conversation
C           Gadd11
I believe in letter-writing
C           Gadd11
I believe in mammas trying
C           Gadd11
I believe in fathers lying
C           Gadd11
I believe in mammas crying
C           Gadd11
Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-maa
C           Gadd11
Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-maa)