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

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SONG: When You're Good To Mama ARTIST: John Kander & Fred Ebb From the musical, Chicago. [Intro]
    Fm                  F7    Bbm
Ask any of the chickies in my pen

        Eb7                             Ab
They'll tell you I'm the biggest mother hen

  Db                                 Bbm/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
C7sus4/G C7 Fm C7sus4/G C7 [Verse 1]
F
Got a little motto

Fm
Always sees me through

C7
When you're good to Mama

                   Fm
Mama's good to you
C7sus4/G C7 [Verse 2]
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
Fsus2 [Bridge 1]
F    Bb               Bbm6
They say that life is tit for tat

    F
And that's the way I live

   Dm          F+
So I deserve a lotta tat

    G7sus4                C7
For what I've got to give
[Verse 3]
F
Don't you know that this hand

Fm
Washes that one too

C7
When you're good to Mama

Db7    C7+5       Fm C7sus4
Mama's good to you
C7 Fm C7sus4 C7 [Verse 4]
F
If you want my gravy

Fm
Pepper my ragout

C7
Spice it up for Mama

                      Fm
She'll get hot for you
C7sus4 C7 [Verse 5]
F
When they pass that basket

Fm
Folks contribute to

C7
You put in for Mama

                      Fm
She'll put out for you
Fsus2 [Bridge 2]
F   Bb             Bbm6
The folks atop the ladder

        F
Are the ones the world adores

   Dm             F+
So boost me up my ladder kid

    G7sus4                 C7
And I'll boost you up yours
[Verse 6]
F
Let's all stroke together

Fm
Like the Princeton Crew

C7
When you're strokin' Mama

Db9    C9         F7
Mama's strokin' you
[Outro]
   Bb                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

Db7    C7+5    Fm Gm7   C7+9
Mama's good to you
Fm Gm7 C7+9 C7+5 Fm