[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
[Intro] [Cm] Get up, stand up [Gm] : sta [Cm] nd up for your rights [Gm] ! [Cm] Get up, stand up [Gm] : sta [Cm] nd up for your rights [Gm] ! [Cm] Get up, stand up [Gm] : sta [Cm] nd up for your rights [Gm] ! [Cm] Get up, stand up [Gm] : don [Cm] 't give up the fight! [Gm]
[Verse] [Cm] Preacher man, don't tell [Gm] me, [Cm] Heaven is under the eart [Gm] h. [Cm] I know you don't kn [Gm] ow [Cm] What life is really wo [Gm] rth. [Cm] It's not all that glitters i [Gm] s gold; [Cm] Half the story has n [Gm] ever been told: [Cm] So now you see the lig [Gm] ht, eh! [Cm] Stand up for your rights. [Gm] come on!
[Chorus] [Cm] Get up, stand up [Gm] : sta [Cm] nd up for your rights [Gm] ! [Cm] Get up, stand up [Gm] : sta [Cm] nd up for your rights [Gm] ! [Cm] Get up, stand up [Gm] : sta [Cm] nd up for your rights [Gm] ! [Cm] Get up, stand up [Gm] : don [Cm] 't give up the fight! [Gm]
[Verse] [Cm] Most people think, [Gm] [Cm] Great god will come from [Gm] the skies, [Cm] Take away everythin [Gm] g [Cm] And make everybody fee [Gm] l high. [Cm] But if you know what life is [Gm] worth, [Cm] You will look for yo [Gm] urs on earth: [Cm] And now you see the li [Gm] ght, [Cm] You stand up for your righ [Gm] ts. jah!
[Chorus] [Cm] Get up, stand up [Gm] : sta [Cm] nd up for your rights [Gm] ! [Cm] Get up, stand up [Gm] : sta [Cm] nd up for your rights [Gm] ! [Cm] Get up, stand up [Gm] : sta [Cm] nd up for your rights [Gm] ! [Cm] Get up, stand up [Gm] : don [Cm] 't give up the fight! [Gm]
[Verse- repeat Cm and Gm] We sick an' tired of-a your ism-skism game - Dyin' 'n' goin' to heaven in-a Jesus' name, lord. We know when we understand: Almighty god is a living man. You can fool some people sometimes, But you can't fool all the people all the time. So now we see the light (what you gonna do?), We gonna stand up for our rights! (yeah, yeah, yeah! )
[Chorus] So you better [Cm] Get up, stand up [Gm] : sta [Cm] nd up for your rights [Gm] ! [Cm] Get up, stand up [Gm] : sta [Cm] nd up for your rights [Gm] ! [Cm] Get up, stand up [Gm] : sta [Cm] nd up for your rights [Gm] ! [Cm] Get up, stand up [Gm] : don [Cm] 't give up the fight! [Gm] [Repeat until end]
