Ma Baker - Boney M
Intro: (same chords as verse)
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[C] [Dm] [C] [Dm]
Verse 1:
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She was the meanest cat, in old Chicago town,
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she was the meanest cat, she really mowed them down.
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She had no heart at all, no no no heart at all.
Verse 2:
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She was the meanest cat, oh she was really tough,
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she left her husband flat, he wasn't tough enough.
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She took her boys along, 'cos they were mean and strong.
|Chorus:
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|Ma Ma Ma Ma - Ma Baker - she taught her four sons,
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|Ma Ma Ma Ma - Ma Baker - to handle their guns.
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|Ma Ma Ma Ma - Ma Baker - she never could cry,
| C Am A7
|Ma Ma Ma Ma - Ma Baker - but she knew how to die!
Instrumental: (same chords as verse)
[Dm] [C] [Am] [Dm] [Dm] [C] [Am] [Dm]
[C] [Dm] [C] [Dm]
Verse 3:
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They left a trail of crime across the U.S.A.
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And when one boy was killed, she really made them pay.
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She had no heart at all, no no no heart at all.
|Chorus:
| Dm C Am Dm
|Ma Ma Ma Ma - Ma Baker - she taught her four sons,
| C Am Dm
|Ma Ma Ma Ma - Ma Baker - to handle their guns.
| C Am Dm
|Ma Ma Ma Ma - Ma Baker - she never could cry,
| C Am A7
|Ma Ma Ma Ma - Ma Baker - but she knew how to die!
Verse 4:
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She met a man she liked, she thought she'd stay with him,
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one day he fought with them, they did away with him.
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She didn't care at all, just didn't care at all.
Verse 5:
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One day they robbed a bank, it was their last foray,
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the cops appeared too soon, they couldn't get away.
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And all the loot they had, it made them mighty mad.
Verse 6:
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And so they shot it out, Ma Baker and her sons.
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They didn't want to hang, they died with blazing guns.
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and so the story ends, of one who left no friends.
|Chorus:
| Dm C Am Dm
|Ma Ma Ma Ma - Ma Baker - she taught her four sons,
| C Am Dm
|Ma Ma Ma Ma - Ma Baker - to handle their guns.
| C Am Dm
|Ma Ma Ma Ma - Ma Baker - she never could cry,
| C Am A7
|Ma Ma Ma Ma - Ma Baker - but she knew how to die!
Outro:
[Dm - Single Strum]