Hairspray - Mama Im A Big Girl Now

[F]Stop!
Stop telling me what to do

[Dm]Don't!
Don't treat me like a child of two

[Bb]No!
I know that you want what's best

[C]Please!
But mother, please, give it a rest!!!

[C] [F]
Stop! Don't! No! Please![Dm]
Stop! Don't! No! Please![Bb]
Stop! Don't! No! Please!
[C]Mama. I'm a big [C7]girl [F]now! [C]

[F]Once upon a time when i was just a kid
You [Dm]never let me do iust what the older kids did
But [Bb]lose that laundry list of what you won't allow

'Cause [C]mama, i'm a big [C7]girl [F]now  [C]

[F]Once upon a time i used to play with toys
But [Dm]now i'd rather play around with teenage boys
So, [Bb]if i get a hickey, please don't have a cow

'Cause [C]mama, i'm a big [C7]girl [F]now [F]

Ma[Bb], i gotta tell you that without a doubt
I get my [F]best dancing lessons from you
You'[Bb]re the one who taught me how to "twist and shout"
Because you [G]shout non [Am/G]stop
[G]And [Am/G]you're [G]so t[Dm]wist[C]ed [Dm]too![C]
Wo  oh  oh  oh  oh

[F]Once I used to fidget
'Cause I just sat home

But [Dm]now I'm just like Gidget
And I gotta get to Rome!

So [Bb]say, arrivederci!
Toodle loo!
And ciao!
'Cause [C]mama, i'm a big [C7]girl [F]now  [C#]

[F#]

Stop! Don't! No! Please![Ebm]
Stop! Don't! No! Please![B]
Stop! Don't! No! Please!
[C#]Mama, I'm a big [C#7]girl [F#]now
([C#]hey mama, say mama)

[F#]Once upon a time I was a shy young thing
Could [Ebm]barely walk and talk so much as dance and sing[F#7]
But [B]let me hit that stage, I wanna take my bow
'Cause [C#]mama, i'm a big [C#7]girl [F#]now
Wo   oh   oh   oh   oh

[F#]Once upon a time i used to dress up 'ken'
But [Ebm]now that i'm a woman, i like bigger men
And [B]i don't need a barbie doll to show me how
'Cause [C#]mama, i'm a big [C#7]girl [F#]now   [F#]        [Bbm7]             [Ab]                   [F#7]                       [Bb]

Ma[B], you always taught me what was right from wrong
And now I [F#]just wanna give it a try
Ma[B]ma, I've been in the nest for far too long
So [Ab]please give a [Bbm]push[Ab] and [Ab]mama [Bbm]     [Ab]          [Ab]             [C#]
[Ebm]watch [C#]me f[Ebm]ly   [C#]

[D]Watch me fly
(Hey, mama, say mama)

[G]One day I will meet a man you won't condemn

And [Em]we will have some kids and you can torture them

But [C]let me be a star before i take that vow

'Cause [D]mama, i'm a big [D7]girl [G]now

Oh   [D/F#]Oh   O[Em]h

[C]Mama, i'm a [D]big girl now

[Em/G]Hey   [D/F#]Hey   [Em]Hey   Hey   hey!

[C6]Mama, I'm a [D]big girl!

Ooh, such a big, big girl!

I'm a big girl [G]
now!
(Stop! Don't! No! Please!)

Oh oh oh [Em]oh oh.
(Stop! Don't! No! Please!)

Oh oh oh [C]oh       Please!
(Stop! Don't! No! please!)

[D]Mama, i'm a big [D7]girl [G]now!!!