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