[Intro - BPM 71] [Gm7]Is this the real life? [C7]Is this [Gm7]just [C7]fan - [Gm7]ta - [C7]sy? [F7]Caught in a [Cm7]land - [F7]slide, no e [Bb]scape from [Cm7]re - [Bb]a - [F7]li - [Bb]ty. [Gm7]Open your eyes, look [Bb7]up to the skies and se [Eb]ee. [Cm7]I'm just a poor boy, I[F7] need no sympathy, because I'm [B]easy [Bb]come, [A]easy [Bb]go, [B]little [Bb]high, [A]little [Bb]low. [Eb]Any way the [Bb/D-x5333x]wind blows [C#dim7 - x42323]doesn't really [F7/C]matter to me............................... too oo [Bb]me (piano riff)
[Verse 1] [Bb] Mama..........................., just [Gm]killed a man, put a [Cm] gun against his head, pulled my [Cm7] trigger, now he's [F7] dead. [Bb] Mama-------------------, life had [Gm]just begun, but [Cm]now I've gone and [Eb/Cb-7x888x]thrown it [Eb/Bb-66888x]all .. a [Am7b5-x01013]way................. [Abmaj7] ..[Eb/G-476454] ..
[Chorus] [Eb]Mama.............., [Bb/D-x5333x] .... ooh ooh ooh [Cm] ooooooh ... didn't [Fm]mean to make[Eaug - 032110] you [Ab/Eb-x66544]cry..... [Dm7b5 - xx0111] If [Bb7]I'm not back again this time to [Eb]morrow, carry [Bb/D-x5333x]on, carry [Cm]on ...... as if [Abm]nothing really [Eb] matters....[Ab][Eb][Ebdim - x6787x][Fm7]
[Bb] (piano riff - use harmonics at top and 3rd from top frets for G to F line)
[Verse 2] [Bb]Too late ............... my [Gm] time has come, sends [Cm] shivers down my spine, body's [Cm7]aching all the [F7] time. [Bb]Goodbye everybody, I've [Gm]got to go....gotta [Cm] leave you all be [Eb/Cb-7x888x] hind and [Eb/Bb] fa - a [Am7b5-x01013] ce the truth.............. [Abmaj7][Eb/G-476454]
[Chorus] [Eb] Mama ..............[Bb/D].......ooh ooh ooh [Cm]ooh [Fm] I don't wan [Eaug] na di [Ab/Eb] e, [Dm7b5] I [Bb7]sometimes wish I'd never been born at all
[Solo - Full drums] Eb Eb Bb/D Bb/D - Cm Cm Cm Cm Fm Eaug Ab/Eb Dm7b5 - Bb7 Bb7 Bb7 Bb7 Eb Eb Bb/D Bb/D - Cm Cm Cm Cm Fm x x Eaug - Ab/Eb x Dm7b5 x Db x (x Db Db/C - broken triplet) - Db/Cb x Db/Bb x (drums stop - piano chord vamp) A A A A - A A A A
[Opera] strum x5777x x07650 slide 1st and 2nd fingers down 1 fret to whilst holding 7th fret with 3rd x07540 x07650 (No drums - or at most just bass drum) [D]I [A - x07650]see a [Adim]little [A]silhou [D]etto [A]of a [Adim]man. [A - 577655]Scaram [D]ouche, [A]Scaram [D]ouche, [A - x07650]will you [Adim]do the [A]Fan [D]dan [A - 577655]go? (Straight drums - with double snare) [Db/Ab]Thunderbolt and [Ab7]lightning, [C/G]very, very [E7]fright'ning [A]me. (Drums stop) [N.C - Strum A to Adim - x02320] - Gallileo, Gallileo, Gallileo, Gallileo - Gallileo Fi (G5) ga (F5) ro (E5) - just play notes on bass string - E 3 1 0 [Eb arp]Magnifico-oh-oh-oh-oh... (sing each note of xx8886 - high down)
(No drums - or at most just bass drum) [B]I'm [Bb]just a [A]poor [Bb]boy, [B]no [Bb]body [A]loves [Bb]me. (Straight drums) [Ab/Eb]He's [Eb]just a [Ebdim - x6787x]poor [Eb]boy [Ab/Eb]from a [Eb]poor [Ebdim]fam - i - [Eb]ly. [Ab]Spare him his [Eb/G]life from this [F7]monstrosi [Bb]ty. (Drums stop) [Ab][Eb/G][F#dim - xx4212][Fm7]
(No drums - or at most just bass drum) [B]Easy [Bb]come, [A]easy [Bb]go, [B]will you [Bb]let me [A]go? (Accents with snare for rest of this section) [Bb]Bis - [Eb]mil - [Bb]lah! [Eb]No ................. [Bb]We [Bb]will [Eb/Bb]not [Bb7]let [Eb/Bb]you [Bb]go. [Eb] Let him go! Bismillah! [Eb] We will not let you go. - Let him go! Bismillah! We will not let you go. - Let me go. [Eb] Will not let you go. - Let me go. Will not let you go. - Let me go. (Drums stop) [F#7] Oh-oh-oh-oh...
(Snare on each chord) [Bm]No, [A7]no, [D]no, [Db7]no, [Gb7]no, [Bb7]no, [Eb]no. (Drums stop) [N.C.] Oh, mamma mia, mamma mia, (Snare on each chord) [Eb]Mamma [Ab/Eb]mi - [Eb]a, [Ddim - xx0131 - barre 1]let [Cm7]me [Bb7]go...Be (Straight drums) [Eb]elze [Ab]bub has a [D7]devil put a [Gm]side for [Bb7]me, for [Bb7]me, for [Bb7]meeeeee! (start to swing drums)
[Interlude - Heavy Riff - see notes at end] | Eb | Eb | Eb | F |
[Bb] So you think you can stone me and [Eb] spit in my [Bb] eye. [Db] [Bb] So you think you can love me and [Eb7] leave me to [Ab] die. [Fm] Oh, [Bb] baby, [Fm] can't do this to me, [Bb] baby. [Fm] Just gotta get [Bb] out, [Fm] just gotta get [Bb] right outta [Eb] here.
[Heavy Riff - see notes at end] | (Eb) | Eb | Eb | F | | Gbx3 Abx3 Ax3 | B7 | Ab7 | Bb7 ...
[Heavy Riff] S = Strum pattern U = UP, D = DOWN D = drums E ------------------------ B 8-----------8----------- G 8-------578-8----------- D 8-5-6-8-578-8-5-6-8----- A 6-5-6-8-356-6-5-6-8----- E --3-4-6-------3-4-686--- -------------------------- D B--S--B--S--B--S--B--S-- S UdududUdududUdududUdudud
E ------------------------ B 8-----------10---------- G 8-------581010---------- D 8-5-6-8-5810107-8-10---- A 6-5-6-8-368-8-7-8-10----- E --3-4-6-------5-6-8108--- -------------------------- D B--S--B--S--B--S--B(--)-S S UdududUdududUdududUdududU
Em A Breathe, breathe in the air Don't be afraid to care Leave, don't leave me Look around and choose your own ground Cmaj7 Long you live and high you fly Bm7 Smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry Fmaj7 all you touch and all you see G D7#9 D7b9 Is all your life will ever be Em A Run, rabbit run Dig that hole, forget the sun And when at last the work is done Don't sit down it's time to dig another one. Chorus(2): Cmaj7 For long you live and high you fly Bm7 But only if you ride the tide Fmaj7 And balanced on the biggest wave G D7#9 D7b9 You race towards an early grave Em A Home,home again I like to be here when I can and when I come home cold and tired It’s good to warm my bones by the fire Cmaj7 Bm7 Far away across the fields the tolling of the iron bell Fmaj7 calls the faithful to their knees G D7#9 D7b9 to hear the softly smoking magic spell