Artist: | Lucky Dube (English) |
User: | John Brown |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
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Comment: | - |
Intro: B E F# E B E F# B E F# B
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I remember the day I called mama on the telephone
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I told her mama I'm getting married
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I could hear her voice on the other side of the telephone she was smiling
F# B
And she asked me a question that I proudly answered
E
She said son did you take time to know her
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B
I said mama she's the best
But today it hurts me so
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To go back to mama and say mama
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I'm getting divorced
B
Oh I'm getting divorced
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This choice I made didn't work out the way I thought it would (x2) it hurts me so mama
B
mama said to me
Refrain 3x:
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It's not easy to understand it son
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But I hope you'll make it
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You'll be happy again
I remember in church
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When the preacher read the scriptures
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B
You looked so beautiful and innocent
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I did not know that behind that beauty
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B
Lies the true colors that will destroy me in the near future
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This choice I made didn't work out the way I thought it would be (x2) Now I'm hurting
Go: Bb E F# Bb
Bb
I remember when I held you
E
By the hand preacherman read the scriptures
F# Bb
Putting words in your mouth
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Maybe what the preacherman said was not something that was with you
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B
Now I know what they mean when they say
E
Beautiful woman is another man's plaything
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Oh Lord I'm hurting now
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this choice I made didn't work out the way I thought it would
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Mama said to me