Mama's Got A Girlfriend Now(Chords)

	        
Intro: D G - D G - A - D 

D    G       D 
Papa he left home today 
        D            G     D 
Said he ain't comin' back again 
        D           D/F#        G           
Said he ain't gonna be nobody's second best 
           E                            A 
Just cause mama's got a special kind of friend 


D    G       D 
Papa he left home today 
        D            G       D 
Said he ain't comin' back no more 
        D           D/F#    G 
Said he ain't gonna take no damn back seat 
              A              D 
And how could mama do him so low 



    D            G          D 
But mama's got a girlfriend now boy 
D            G          D 
Mama's got a girlfriend now 
D            D/F# 
Mama's got a girlfriend 
G                    E 
Mama's got (found) a true friend 
A                       D 
Mama's got a girlfriend now 



        D          G               D 
You see mama don't watch your damn football 
         D             G          D 
And your beer drinkin' just won't do 
            D           D/F# 
You're just stayin' out late 
           G 
And you're preachin' the hate 
        E               A 
And you never have been true 

        D        G            D 
You see mama she want her somebody 
         D       G     D 
Who will let her be herself 
         D       D/F# 
So she's leavin' you 
         G 
And your stinky damn ways 
            A              D 
Cause she's found somebody else 


Chorus 


Interlude:  D G - D G - D G - D  - D G - D G - E  - A 
            
            D G - D G - D G - D  - D G - D G - A  - D 


D            G      D 
Papa he left home today 
       D          G         D 
He was wavin' his hands and cryin' 
          D           D/F# 
You could tell by the sound 
        G 
And the tone in his voice 
         E                A 
That his heart was slowly dyin' 
    D          G        D 
But mama said 'Boy if I ever 
D                G     D 
Catch you 'round here again 
          D           D/F#   G 
You ain't never gonna have nobody else 
      A          D 
Not a woman or a man' 

Chorus (2x)
	        

Written by Ben Harper