Chicago - When Youre Good To Mama

Ask [Fm]any of the chickies [F7]in my [Bbm]pen
They'll [Eb7]tell you I'm the biggest mother [Ab]hen
I [C#]love them all and all of them love [Bbm]me  [G]
Because the [Fm]system works the [Fdim]system called [C7]reci[Fdim]proci[C]ty [C7]      [Fm]

[C7]       [G]
[C7]    [Fm]
[C7]       [G]
[C7]

[F]Got a little motto
[Fm]Always sees me through
[C7]When you're good to Mama
Mama's good to you [Fm]

[C7]       [G]
[C7]

[F]There's a lot of favors
[Fm]I'm prepared to do
[C7]You do one for Mama
She'll do one for you[Fm]

[F](susG)

[F]They [Bb]say that life is [Bbm6]tit for tat
And [F]that's the way I live
So [Dm]I deserve a [F]lotta tat
For [G7]what I've got to give [C7]

[F]Don't you know that this hand
[Fm]Washes that one too
[C7]When you're good to Mama
[C#7]Mama's [C7+5]good to you[Fm]   [C7]

[C7]    [Fm]
[C7]
[C7]

[F]If you want my gravy
[Fm]Pepper my ragout
[C7]Spice it up for Mama
She'll get hot for you[Fm]

[C7]
[C7]

[F]When the pass that basket
[Fm]Folks contribute to
[C7]You put in for Mama
She'll put out for you[Fm]

[F](susG)

[F]The [Bb]folks atop the [Bbm6]ladder
Are the [F]ones the world adores
So [Dm]boost me up my [F]ladder kid
And [G7]I'll boost you up yours[C7]

[F]Let's all stroke together
[Fm]Like the Princeton Crew
[C7]When you're strokin' Mama
[C#9]Mama's [C9]strokin' yo[F7]u

So [Bb]what's the one con[G7/B]clusion
I can [F]bring this numbe[D7]r to?
[Gm7]When you're good to [G7]Mama
[C#7]Mama's [C7+5]good to [Fm]you[Gm7]      [C7]

[Fm]
[Gm7]   [C7]       [C7+5]
[Fm]