Oh Mama Chords

Link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aoife_O'Donovan
 
Aoife O’Donovan is an American singer and songwriter. She is best known as the
lead singer for the progressive bluegrass/string band, Crooked Still, and a member
of the female folk-noir trio. Her first professional engagement was singing lead
for the folk group The Wayfaring Strangers.
 
There are quite a few different versions of this song by Aiofe but they all follow
the same kind of chord pattern. Check out this and her other songs on YouTube.
 
 
[Intro]
D G D G
 
[Verse 1]
D            Cadd9   G6/B        D
When I was a barmaid you were my mead
D            Cadd9        G6/B        A7sus4
When I was a brave knight you were my steed
D             Cadd9      G6/B      Am7
When I was so lonesome I wanted to cry
C           Em        Asus4 A
you came to me in the night
 
 
[Chorus]
          D G     D         G
You cried o mama, sing me a love song
Bm           Em          F           G
pour me some bourbon and lay me down low
 
D G        D             G           Bm              Em
O baby, my poor heart is breaking, I feel the ground shakin'
F        G                    D
under my feet, just put me to sleep
 
 
[Verse 2]
D            Cadd9    G6/B        D
When I was a sailor you were my land
D      Cadd9        G6/B      A7sus4
Always receding, nowhere to stand
D             Cadd9      G6/B      Am7
And when I fell over you were the whale
C            Em              Asus4 A
you picked me up on on your tail
 
 
[Chorus]
          D G     D         G
You cried o mama, sing me a love song
Bm           Em          F           G
pour me some bourbon and lay me down low
 
D G        D             G           Bm              Em
O baby, my poor heart is breaking, I feel the ground shakin'
F        G                    D
under my feet, just put me to sleep
 
 
[Verse 3]
D            Cadd9    G6/B        D
When I was a farmer you were my rain
D      Cadd9       G6/B      A7sus4
When I was a young lover you were my pain
D             Cadd9      G6/B      Am7
And when all the fireflies that we trapped in jars
C                 Em         Asus4 A
escaped last night under the stars
 
 
[Chorus]
          D G     D         G
You cried o mama, sing me a love song
Bm           Em          F           G
pour me some bourbon and lay me down low
 
D G        D             G           Bm              Em
O baby, my poor heart is breaking, I feel the ground shakin'
F        G                    D
under my feet, just put me to sleep
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