Mama Didnt Lie

INTRO: E

E                A          B
Mama didn't lie, she didn't lie.
E                A          B
Mama didn't lie, she didn't lie.


#1.
E               Gbm                  Abm
Here comes that boy and his friends, making
            E
eyes at me again.
Gb                     B     Dbm  Gbm
Do they all think that I'm a toy, to be played
        B
with by every boy?
              E              Gb        E
Well, they're wrong to think I will be caught
                  A
by the wink of an eye..y
B              E                     A          B
My mama didn't lie (Mama didn't lie) she didn't lie.
E                A          B
Mama didn't lie, she didn't lie.


#2.
E                       Gbm               Abm
The greatest pastime in this man's world, is playin'
          Gbm
tricks on every young girl.
                        Gb
To have one is how they get their kicks..but not me
          B
because I know their tricks.
            E              Gb        E
And they're wrong to think I will be caught by the wink
      A
of an eye..y
B              E                     A          B
My mama didn't lie (Mama didn't lie) she didn't lie.
E                A          B
Mama didn't lie, she didn't lie.



BRIDGE:
Abm                                         E
I remember what my mama told me..she said, 'Girl stay in

your class.
          Abm                      E
You got a whole lot of growin' and learnin' to do.
Gb                    B
Girl, don't you go so fast.'



#3.
E                       Gbm               Abm
The greatest pastime in this man's world, is playin'
          Gbm
tricks on every young girl.
                        Gb
To have one is how they get their kicks..but not me
          B
because I know their tricks.
            E              Gb        E
And they're wrong to think I will be caught by the wink
      A
of an eye..y
B              E                     A          B
My mama didn't lie (Mama didn't lie) she didn't lie.
E                A          B
Mama didn't lie, she didn't lie..(Fade.)