Mama Told Me chords by Mother Mother

Chorus:
C   Gadd11  C
Mamma told me
    Gadd11 Em       G
Only lonely people gonna hold me
           C   Gadd11     C
Only those who can't help themselves, yeah
    Gadd11    Em
Only those who will need my shelter
G
Mama tells me


Verse 1:
G     C
I believe, I believe in mamma trying
C

Believe in father lying
G#      F   G
I believe in lovers crying
C            C
I believe in education, nurture and good education

Verse 2:
G#      F   Fm
Mama gave me music lessons
G                C
Now I play the saddest songs  ah ah ah
          Em
Is that really what mamma wanted?
G        C Gadd11 C/B C
For her baby to be so haunted?
          Em
Is that really what she intended?
G
Mamma said this:

Chorus:
C    Gadd11 C
Hold me closer
   Gadd11   Em
Even though I'm a mamma
     G
She told me: You're just lonely
C    Gadd11  C
Help me help ya
    Gadd11    Em
Even though I know you're just helpless
G
Mamma said this

Verse 3:
G     C
I believe, I believe in conversation
C
In good communicating
G#        F   Fm
And I believe in letter-writing
G            C
But now all I write are melodies (melodies)
          Em       G
Simple, sweet, and simply haunt me
          Em
Little rhythms that scold and hold me
          Em
Only cause I know they are lonely
G         G    Asus2
Mamma told me

Break:
C      Gadd11
(ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-maa
C    Gadd11    G#
Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-maa ooh
F    G
Ooh ooh ooh
C      Gadd11
Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-maa
C     Gadd11    G#
Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-maa ooh
F    G
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

Verse 4:
C
Mamma help me, I'm helpless, I'm helpless
  Em      G
I'm tempted, I'm tempted
C
Can't you see it's only loneliness
    Em         G
And it's helpless, oh it's helpless

Bridge:
*play only 4 and 5 strings in palm mute
C  Csus2  C   Csus   C  Csus2  C     Csus
 I took what mamma said and kept it forefront in my head
C   Csus2  C    Csus
 But now that mamma's dead

  F
I love how you are lonely
Em
Help me help you hold me
  F
I take what mamma told me
    Em
And I read what mamma wrote me
   F
And I read it to you slowly
    Em
And you told me she was lonely
   F
Oh my mamma, she was lonely
     G7
And it's all she really told me

Chorus:
C
Mamma told me
        Em       G
That lonely people gonna hold me
           C   Gadd11     C
Only those who can't help themselves, yeah
    Gadd11    Em
Only those who will need my shelter
G
Mamma tells me

Outro:
C      Gadd11
(ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-maa
C      Gadd11
Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-maa
C      Gadd11
I believe in mammas trying
C      Gadd11
I believe in fathers lying
C      Gadd11
I believe in lovers crying
C      Gadd11
I believe in education
C      Gadd11
I believe in music lessons
C      Gadd11
I believe in conversation
C      Gadd11
I believe in letter-writing
C      Gadd11
I believe in mammas trying
C      Gadd11
I believe in fathers lying
C      Gadd11
I believe in mammas crying
C      Gadd11
Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-maa
C      Gadd11
Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-maa)