Chords for Nina Simone - Blues For Mama

[Bm] _ _ [E] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ Hey, Lordy mama, I'm _ _ _ _ _ feeling good.
_ _ _ They're spreading dirty rumors all around the neighborhood.
[Bm] _ _ _ _ They say you're mean and evil _ and [E] don't know what [G#] to do.
[B] _ _ _ _ _
That's the reason that he's gone and left you black and blue.
_ Yeah.
[A] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ [E] _ _ _ _
Tell me what [G#] you're gonna do now. _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ [B] _ They say he's left you all alone to weather this old storm.
_ _ _ He's got another woman now hanging on his arm.
Yeah, yeah.
_ [E] _ _ That old fool's telling everybody _ _ he's sick and tired of you.
_ [B] Hey, _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] Lordy [F#m] girl, _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [B] tell me what you're gonna do now.
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ [B] _ _ They say you left her fussing fights _ and bring a good man down
_ and don't know how to treat him when he takes you on the town.
[Fm] _ [G#] _ _ They say you ain't [F#] behind him [E] _ and just don't understand
[F#m] and _ think that you're a woman _ _ but acting like a man. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
Hey, Lordy mama, [B] what you gonna do now? _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ Get your nerves together, baby, _ and set the record straight.
Set it straight.
Let the whole round world know it wasn't [F#] you that caused his bitter [A] fate.
_ [Bm] _ All these years you loved him _ [E] and he knows it's [Bm] true
_ _ _ cause what you want for your man _ [B] _ is what he's wanting [E] too.
Hey, [F#] gal, _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ tell [E] me what you gonna do now.
[B] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ When you love a man enough, _ _ you're bound to disagree.
_ [B] _ _ _ Ain't nobody perfect _ cause ain't nobody _ [Bm] free.
Hey, [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ Lordy, tell me what you [B] gonna do.
_ [E] What you [Fm] gonna [F#m] do?
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _