Ben Harper – Mamas Got A Girlfriend Now (Guitar)

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Chords

intro: D G - D G - A - D
D    G       D
Papa he left home today

        D            G     D
Said he ain't comin' back again

        D           D/F#        G          
Said he ain't gonna be nobody's second best

           E                            A
Just cause mama's got a special kind of friend

D    G       D
Papa he left home today

        D            G       D
Said he ain't comin' back no more

        D           D/F#    G
Said he ain't gonna take no damn back seat

              A              D
And how could mama do him so low
chorus:
    D            G          D
But mama's got a girlfriend now boy

D            G          D
Mama's got a girlfriend now

D            D/F#
Mama's got a girlfriend

G                    E
Mama's got (found) a true friend

A                       D
Mama's got a girlfriend now

        D          G               D
You see mama don't watch your damn football

         D             G          D
And your beer drinkin' just won't do

            D           D/F#
You're just stayin' out late

           G
And you're preachin' the hate

        E               A
And you never have been true

        D        G            D
You see mama she want her somebody

         D       G     D
Who will let her be herself

         D       D/F#
So she's leavin' you

         G
And your stinky damn ways

            A              D
Cause she's found somebody else
chorus interlude: D G - D G - D G - D - D G - D G - E - A D G - D G - D G - D - D G - D G - A - D
D            G      D
Papa he left home today

       D          G         D
He was wavin' his hands and cryin'

          D           D/F#
You could tell by the sound

        G
And the tone in his voice

         E                A
That his heart was slowly dyin'

    D          G        D
But mama said "Boy if I ever

D                G     D
Catch you 'round here again

          D           D/F#   G
You ain't never gonna have nobody else

      A          D
Not a woman or a man"
chorus x2