Chords for Aoife O’Donovan - Oh Mama (Live on eTown)

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_ [Dm] Well, _ Nick and Helen, [D] we really wanted to do something collaborative and sort of since
the new [B] songs are sort of we kind of had our thing [Em] going, we're working on this new sound,
it [F] made more sense to kind of go [G] back to Oh Mama, it [A] felt like a natural way to close
[D] out my little portion of the set.
But it's a sort of warming, heartwarming song.
I love singing it with Helen last time, it was great to get to sing it with her again.
And then to have [Dm] Anthony's third part added to it in the Fetal Steel, it was super fun. _ _
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_ _ _ When [D] I was a [Dm] _ barmaid, [D] you were my [Dm] maid.
_ [D] When I was a [Dm] brave knight, [D] you were my [Dm] steed.
[D] When I was [Dm] _ sunlotsome, [D] I wanted to [A] cry.
_ [C] You came to [Em] me in the [A] night.
_ _ You cried on.
[G] _ _ _ [D] Sing me [G] a love song.
[Bm] Pour me some bourbon.
[F] And lay me down [G] low.
_ [D] Ooh, _ [G] baby.
[D] When poor [G] heart is breaking, [Bm] I feel the [Bm] ground shaking.
How [F] did you not feel?
_ _ [D] Put me to sleep.
_ _ _ When I was [C] a sailor, [G] you were [D] my lamb.
_ [D] Always receiving [C] and [G] rolling [A] stamps.
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When I [Am] fell over, [G] you were the [Am] well.
And you [C] picked me up.
[Em] You picked me up on [B] your tail.
_ [A] _ _ [D] Fred, oh mama.
_ Sing me [G] a love song.
[Bm] Pour me [Em] some bourbon.
[F] And lay me down [G] low.
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Ooh, [G] baby.
[D] When poor [G] heart is breaking, _ [Bm] I feel the [Em] ground shaking.
[F] How did you not feel?
_ Put me [F#m] to sleep.
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When I was a farmer, you were my rain.
_ When I was [Am] young, _ _ [B] you were my [A] pain.
_ _ [D] When [Am] all _ _ [B] we trapped and jarred, [C] escaped last [Bm] night under the [A] stars. _
_ [A] _ You [D] cried on. _
[G] Oh, mama.
_ Sing me a love song.
[Bm] Pour me some bourbon.
[F] And lay me down [G] low.
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Ooh, [G] baby.
[D] When poor heart [G] is breaking, [B] I feel the [E] ground shaking.
[F] How did you not feel?
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_ _ _ _ [D] Sing me [G] a love song.
[Bm] Pour me [E] some bourbon.
[F] And lay me down [A] low.
Lay me down [D] low. Ooh, _ [G] baby.
[D] When poor [G] heart is breaking, I [Bm] feel the [Em] ground shaking.
[F] How did you not feel?
Put [D] me to sleep.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ Hey.
_ _ _ Put me to sleep.
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Ooh.
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[D] _ _ [Am] _ [D] Put me to sleep.
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