Tuning: E A D G B E

TELL MAMA As recorded by Etta James (From the 1968 Album TELL MAMA) [Intro] F Bb F Bb F Bb F [Verse 1]

^DmYou thought you had ^Cfound a good girl ^BbOne to love you And ^Cgive you the world ^DmNow you find that ^CYou been misused ^BbTalk to me I'll ^Cdo what you choose ^CI want you to ^F

[Chorus]

^BbTell ^FMama ^BbAll a^Fbout it ^BbTell ^FMama ^BbWhat you ^Fneed ^BbTell Ma^Fma ^BbWhat you ^Fwant ^Bband ^FI'll make every^Bbthing all ^Fright

[Verse 2]

^DmThat girl you had ^CDidn't have no sense ^BbShe wasn't worth All the ^Ctime you spent ^DmShe had another man ^CThrow you outdoors ^BbNow the same man Is ^Cwearing your clothes ^CI want you to^F

[Chorus]

^BbTell ^FMama ^BbAll about ^Fit ^BbTell ^FMama ^BbWhat you ^Fneed ^BbTell Ma^Fma ^BbWhat you ^Fwant ^Bband ^FI'll make every^Bbthing all ^Fright^Bb

[Interlude] F Bb F Bb F Bb F Bb F Bb F Bb F [Bridge]

^DmShe would embarrass you ^Canywhere ^BbShe let everybody Know ^Cshe didn't care ^DmGive me a chance I've been ^Cbegging you ^BbI just wanna take ^Ccare of you ^F

[Out-Chorus]

^BbTell ^FMama ^BbAll about ^Fit ^BbTell ^FMama ^BbWhat you ^Fneed ^BbTell Ma^Fma ^BbWhat you ^Fwant ^Bb ^BbTell ^FMama ^BbWhat you ^Fwant right now ^BbTell me^F ^BbTell your ^FMama Bb F Bb F

Etta James - Tell mama