Misc Soundtrack – Beetlejuice - Mama Would (Guitar)

C                                           Am
Mama would take her foot off the gas on the way back home,

       Bb                  C
on the way back home, from school.

C                                             G
Slip into neutral at the top of the hill, and away we’d roll,

    F                                        C
no breaking ‘cos breakin' was breakin' the rules

Am          G            Dm      F      Am             G              Dm           F
Mama could roleplay like nobody else, pretend we were birds and make nests in the house,

Am           G              Dm         F      F       C             Dm           F             Bb
one time she spat chewed up food in my mouth, she was free, she was everything a mother should be,

     Dm                      F        C
When nobody else believed in me; mama would.

C                                       Am
Mama would never accept things just the way they were,

Bb                             C
Mama would always seek so much more,

C                                                    G
Like the way she’d say, “WE’RE BEING CHASED BY A MURDERER!”,

         F                          C
As she fumbled for the keys to the door

Am       G       Dm          F          Am           G              Dm        F
Mama was serious about Halloween, her costumes could make hardened criminals scream,

     Am             G         Dm              F      F       C     Dm       C            F          Bb
the dads in our neighbourhood still have bad dreams, she was wild, she knew just what to say to a child,

    Dm                       F               Ab
Whenever i needed to see her smile; mama would

Ab              Eb             Bb              F                  Ab
No matter how awkward or hard, Mama would ask, Mama would never presume,

Ab                Eb               Bb                          F                 Ab
When others would hide or pretend, Mama made friends with the elephant in the room,

Ab               Eb              Ab             Eb
She’d want us to talk about her; why doesn’t he talk about her?

Gb             Db                Ebm                   Gb         N.C
I know sure as hell, that if the shoe was on the other foot; Mama would.

Db                           Bbm
Daddy was never always this imperious,

B                             Gb
Mama would actually make him laugh,

            Db                                    Bbm
She’d say, “Charles! Life’s too important to be serious”,

           B                        Gb
Then she’d throw his phone in the trash,

Bbm         Ab     Ebm      Gb
Mama was positive, Mama was pure,

Bbm          Ab           Ebm    Gb
Made me less dark and dad less insecure,

Bbm           Ab             Ebm         Gb
No matter how rough the path mom would endure,

Ab      Db   Gb      Ebm           Db          B
She was fun, she was bright and as warm as the sun,

Gb                       Gb
Now that i’m seeing you, spirit to spirit,

Db                   Db
What if i left home, but Mama’s still in it?

Ebm                   Db                        Gb
I gotta find her, and you are the signs that i should,

Gb          Db
Ooh, ‘cause Mama would,

      Ab
Mama would,

       Db
Mama would.