Chords:
{title: Mama Look A Boo Boo}
{artist: Harry Belafonte}
{key: F}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7K2QmrYqnw Capo 1
{c: Not sure about this one }
[F] [A] [F] [A]
[F] I wonder why no-[C]body don't like [C] me
[F] or is it the [C] fact that I'm [C] ugly?
[F] I wonder why no-[C]body don't like [C] me
[F] or is it the [C] fact that I'm [C] ugly?
[F] I leave my [Bb] whole house and [F] home
my children [C] don't want me no [F] more.
Bad talk in-[C] side de house dey bring
[F] and when I [C] talk they start to [F] sing
[F] Mama, look a boo boon, they shout , their mother [Bb] tell them
shut up your [G] mouth - that is your [F] daddy
oh, no - my [C] daddy can't be ugly, [F] so
[F] Shut your mouth, go away - Mama, look a [C] boo boo dey.
[F] Shut your mouth, go away - Mama, look a [C] boo boo dey.
[F] I couldn't even di-[C]gest me supper
[F] due to the [C] children's behavior.
[F] John - (yes, pa) - [C] come here a moment
[F] bring de belt, [C] you're much too impudent.
[F] John says, it's [C] James who started first
[F] James tells the [C] story in reverse.
[F] I drag my [C] belt from off me waist
[F] you should hear them [C] screamin' round de place.
[F] Mama, look a boo boon, they shout , their mother [Bb] tell them
shut up your [G] mouth - that is your [F] daddy
oh, no - my [C] daddy can't be ugly, [F] so
[F] Shut your mouth, go away - Mama, look a [C] boo boo dey.
[F] So, I began to [C] question the [C] mother
[F] these children ain't [C] got no behavior.
[F] So, I began to [C] question the mother
[F] these children ain't [C] got no behavior.
[F] They're making [C] fun, my wife declared
[F] you should be [C] proud of them, my dear!!
[F] These children were [C] taught too bloomin' slack
[F] that ain't no [C] kind of joke to crack
[F] Mama, look a boo boo!! they shout
their mother [Bb] tell them shut up your mouth.
That is your [F] daddy - oh, no - my [C] daddy can't be ugly, [F] so
{c: Repeat and Fade }
[F] Shut your mouth, go away - Mama, look a [C] boo boo dey.
