intro : D G – D G – A – D

D G D
papa he left home today
D G D
said he ain’t comin’ back again
D D/F# G
said he ain’t gonna be nobody’s second best
E A
just cause mama’s got a special kind of friend

D G D
papa he left home today
D G D
said he ain’t comin’ back no more
D D/F# G
said he ain’t gonna take no damn back seat
A D
and how could mama do him so low

chorus :
D G D
but mama’s got a girlfriend now boy
D G D
mama’s got a girlfriend now
D D/F#
mama’s got a girlfriend
G E
mama’s got ( found ) a true friend
A D
mama’s got a girlfriend now

D G D
you see mama don’t watch your damn football
D G D
and your beer drinkin’ just won’t do
D D/F#
you’re just stayin’ out late
G
and you’re preachin’ the hate
E A
and you never have been true

D G D
you see mama she want her somebody
D G D
who will let her be herself
D D/F#
so she’s leavin’ you
G
and your stinky damn ways
A D
cause she’s found somebody else

chorus

interlude : D G – D G – D G – D – D G – D G – E – A

D G – D G – D G – D – D G – D G – A – D

D G D
papa he left home today
D G D
he was wavin’ his hands and cryin’
D D/F#
you could tell by the sound
G
and the tone in his voice
E A
that his heart was slowly dyin’
D G D
but mama said “boy if i ever
D G D
catch you ’round here again
D D/F# G
you ain’t never gonna have nobody else
A D
not a woman or a man”

chorus x2