Empire Cast

Mama Stripped Down Version(Chords)

Empire Cast

Key: D#m

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Intro 
D#m  F#  G#m 
D#m  F#  G#m 
F#  B  F#  G#m 
x2 

verse 1 
 G#m    D#m   F#   
Listen, mama 
G#m7                    D#m  F# 
So many words to describe you 
G#m7                      F# 
Strong would be an understatement 
  B           F#/A#            G#madd2 
Warrior would suit you so much better 
 G#m               D#m   F 
?Cause you?ve been fighting 
G#m                  D#m  F# 
She was just turning 16 
G#m                          F# 
Daddy left her out in the cold streets 
          B 
He wasn?t having it 
          F#/A#       G#m            Bbm7 
He found all her sins underneath the mattress 

Pre-Chorus 
 Bbm7                     Am7 G#m7 
Then suddenly her daddy up and died 
 G#m7                                  B/C#      Ddim7   
But still she sees her father there in Lucious? eyes 

D#m F# G#m D#m F# G#m Mama, oh mama, F# B For everything you?ve been through F#/A# G#m There?s nothing that I won?t do for D#m F# G#m D#m F# G#m You, mama, oh mama F# B See you deserve the best of F#/A# G#m D#m What this world can offer to you D#m F# G#m Mama, I love you D#m F# G#m Mama mama mama I do love you F# B F# G#m Mama I love you, mama mama
verse 2 G#m D#m F# G#m In love with the thought of becoming queen D#m F# G#m She never told, she did seventeen G#m F# B She gave it all so unselfishly F#/A# G#m And she did it all just for loyalty Bbm7 That?s my mama Pre-Chorus Bbm7 Am7 G#m7 I never knew someone to sacrifice G#m7 B/C# Ddim7 D#m Everything for love, even gave up their whole lives
D#m F# G#m D#m F# G#m Oh mama F# B For everything you?ve been through F#/A# G#m There?s nothing that I won?t do for D#m F# G#m D#m F# G#m You, oh mama F# B See you deserve the best of F#/A# G#m What this world can offer
Bridge G#m7 Am7 Bbm7 Bbm7 Am7 B/C# You?re the reason for my being here B/C# B/C# Am7 Bbm7 Mama I?m so grateful, yes I am Bbm7 Bbm7 Am7 G#m7 I'm gon' be the one to guide your heart D#m G#m7 B/C# Ddim7 D#m Although Lucious raised us, you still made us from the sun
D#m F# G#m D#m F# G#m Mama, oh mama F# B For everything you?ve been through F#/A# G#m There?s nothing that I won?t do for D#m F# G#m D#m F# G#m You, oh mama F# B See you deserve the best of F#/A# G#m What this world can offer D#m To you

Written by Yazz

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