Judy Collins - Mama mama

^GMama, Mama, you ^Cknow how it feels ^EmLove never knows a ^Dseason ^GMama, tell me ^Dyou understand The ^A7heart always has a ^Dreason

^GDoing ninety-five in the middle of the night on an ^Copen road ^EmTime for a good ol' girl like me to be ^Dbedded down ^CGotta get home before the kids find out I've ^Dbeen away I ^A7figure I'm gonna reach town ^Djust before dawn

^GI can see the sun is gonna be comin' ^Cup real soon ^EmHope the children don't wake up and wonder ^Dwhere I am ^CGotta get the older ones to school and ^Dplay with the baby ^A7She's the apple of her mother's eye, and ^Ddoesn't she know it

^EmDon't know how it happened ^A7one more time The ^Emmoney's running out and the ^Cother kids are crying ^DSomebody tell me, I'm not^C crazy ^DDoing what I ^Ccan to raise my ^Embabies

^GMama, Mama, you ^Cknow how it feels ^EmLove never knows a ^Dseason ^GMama, tell me ^Dyou understand The ^A7heart always has a ^Dreason

^GWonder if you know just how it feels ^Cto be alone ^EmTrying to raise a bunch of kids on nothing but ^Dlove and guts ^CWhen the day is over I'm about as wrecked as a ^Dbody can be I ^A7got my troubles, but again I need me ^Dsome kind of loving

^EmDon't know how it happened ^A7one more time The ^Emmoney's running out and the ^Cother kids are crying ^DSomebody tell me, I'm not^C crazy ^DDoing what I ^Ccan to raise my ^Embabies

^GMama, Mama, you ^Cknow how it feels ^EmLove never knows a ^Dseason ^GMama, tell me ^Dyou understand The ^A7heart always has a ^Dreason

The ^Gdoctor down in Lincoln said I'd ^Cbe alright He ^Emsaid he didn't want to help me, but he'd do it ^Djust this once ^CMade me feel so bad, I couldn't stop the ^Dtears from falling ^A7Made me wish he had to pay this kind of ^Dprice for his loving

^EmDon't know how it happened ^A7one more time The ^Emmoney's running out and the ^Cother kids are crying ^DFive kids are gonna drive me ^Ccrazy ^DLord, I can't ^Chave another ^Embaby

^GMama, Mama, you ^Cknow how it feels ^EmLove never knows a ^Dseason ^GMama, tell me ^Dyou understand The ^A7heart always has a ^Dreason