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Mama's Gone, Goodbye

Words and Music by Peter Bocage and A. J. Piron - 1924

Verse:-----------	------------------	------------------	------------------
Gm         Eb7  D7	Gm                 F9	Gm         Eb7  D7	Gm
A7	D	A7	D
Gm         Eb7  D7	Gm	-             Eb7  D7	G7
C7	F	Gm          C7	F7
Chorus:----------	------------------	------------------	------------------
Bb	-	Gb7	-
F7	Gb7       F7	Bb	-        Cm6 Ddim
Eb6	Ebm6	Bb	G7
C7	-            Gb7	F7	-              C7  F7
Bb	-	Gb7	-
F7	-	D7	-
F#7       G7	F#7       G7	C7	-     G7  Gb7  F7
Bb	Gb7                F7	Bb	-  (F7 to chorus)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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Verse:

I've been itch -ing might -y long, to sing to you this lit -tle song,

It's the sep -a -ra -tion blues, and I'm of -f'ring no ex -cuse.

You have been might -y mean, to this sweet prec -ious queen,

And some -day you'll re -a -lize, what you're los -ing in this prize:

 

Chorus:

Fare thee well, Ma -ma's gone, good -bye,

No use to cry, no use to sigh.

For years you've dogged me 'round, now's the time to let you know what's on my mind,

I'm goin' a -way, Don't ask me to stay,

Fare thee well, I've been to school,

Learned a brand new rule, I ain't no fool!

I'm goin' to get a man to treat me right, one who'll stay home ev -'ry night,

Fare thee well, Ma -ma's gone, good -bye.

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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