Mama Look-A Boo-Boo

INTRO: F# Bb F# Bb

#1.
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I wonder why nobody don't like me..or is it
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the fact that I'm ugly?
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I wonder why nobody don't like me..or is it
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the fact that I'm ugly?

#2.
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I leave my whole house and home..my children
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don't want me no more.
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Bad talk inside de house dey bring..and when I
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talk they start to sing..

CHORUS:
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Mama, look a-boo-boo!! they shout..their mother
G#m
tell them shut up your mouth.
             F#                G#m         C#       F#
That is your daddy..oh, no..my daddy can't be ugly, so!!
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Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-boo-boo dey.
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Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-boo-boo dey.

#2.
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I couldn't even digest me supper..due to the children's
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behavior.
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much too impudent.
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John says, it's James who started first..James tells the
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story in reverse.
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I drag my belt from off me waist..you should hear them
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screamin' round de place.

CHORUS:
F#
Mama, look a-boo-boo!! they shout..their mother
G#m
tell them shut up your mouth.
             F#                G#m         C#       F#
That is your daddy..oh, no..my daddy can't be ugly, so!!
F#                                     G#m     C#
Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-boo-boo dey.
F#                                     G#m     C#
Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-boo-boo dey.

#3.
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So, I began to question the mother..these children ain't
B        C#
got no behavior.
F#             B            C#      F#
So, I began to question the mother..these children ain't
B        C#
got no behavior.

#4.
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They're making fun, my wife declared..you should be
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proud of them, my dear!!
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These children were taught too bloomin' slack..that ain't
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no kind of joke to crack!!

CHORUS:
F#
Mama, look a-boo-boo!! they shout..their mother
G#m
tell them shut up your mouth.
             F#                G#m         C#       F#
That is your daddy..oh, no..my daddy can't be ugly, so!!
F#                                     G#m     C#
Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-boo-boo dey.
F#                                     G#m     C#
Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-boo-boo dey.

OUTRO:
F#                                     G#m     C#
Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-boo-boo dey.
F#                                     G#m     C#
Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-boo-boo dey.
F#                                     G#m     C#
Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-boo-boo dey.
F#                                     G#m     C#
Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-boo-boo dey.
F#                                     G#m     C#
Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-boo-boo dey.
F#                                     G#m     C#
Shut your mouth, go away..Mama, look a-boo-boo dey..(Fade.)