Misc Musicals – Chicago - When Youre Good To Mama (Guitar)

    Fm                  F7    A#m
Ask any of the chickies in my pen

        D#7                             G#
They'll tell you I'm the biggest mother hen

  C#                                 A#m/G
I love them all and all of them love me

            Fm               Fdim          C7  Fdim/C  C7   Fm
Because the system works the system called reciprocity

F
Got a little motto

Fm
Always sees me through

C7
When you're good to Mama

                   Fm
Mama's good to you

F
There's a lot of favors

Fm
I'm prepared to do

C7
You do one for Mama

                     Fm
She'll do one for you

F    A#               A#m6
They say that life is tit for tat

    F
And that's the way I live

   Dm          F+
So I deserve a lotta tat

    G7(sus4)              C7
For what I've got to give

F
Don't you know that this hand

Fm
Washes that one too

C7
When you're good to Mama

C#7    C7+5       Fm C7(sus4)
Mama's good to you

F
If you want my gravy

Fm
Pepper my ragout

C7
Spice it up for Mama

                      Fm
She'll get hot for you

F
When the pass that basket

Fm
Folks contribute to

C7
You put in for Mama

                      Fm
She'll put out for you

F   A#             A#m6
The folks atop the ladder

        F
Are the ones the world adores

   Dm             F+
So boost me up my ladder kid

    G7(sus4)               C7
And I'll boost you up yours

F
Let's all stroke together

Fm
Like the Princeton Crew

C7
When you're strokin' Mama

C#9    C9         F7
Mama's strokin' you

   A#                G7/B
So what's the one conclusion

      F/C               D7
I can bring this number to?

Gm7                 G7
When you're good to Mama

C#7    C7+5    Fm Gm7   C7(+9)  
Mama's good to you