Mama Didn't Lie.Jan Bradley.
#8 on R&B and #14 on BB Hot 100
on CHESS Records in 1963.
INTRO: E Dbm E Dbm
#1.
E A B E
Mama didn't lie, she didn't lie..mama didn't lie,
A B
she didn't lie.
E F#m Abm
Here comes that boy and his friends, making eyes
F# F#m
at me again.
F# B Dbm F#
Do they all think that I'm a toy, to be played with
B E
by every boy?
E Dbm E
Well, they're wrong to think I will be caught by the
F#m A
wink of an eye..eye.
CHORUS:
B E Dbm A B
My mama didn't lie..(Mama didn't lie)..she didn't lie.
E A B
Mama didn't lie, she didn't lie.
#2.
E F#m Abm
The greatest pastime in this man's world is playin' tricks
B
on every young girl.
A F# B Dbm F#
To have one is how they get their kicks..but not me because
B Dbm
I know their tricks.
E Dbm E F#m
And they're wrong to think I will be caught by the wink of
B
an eye.
CHORUS:
B E Dbm A B
My mama didn't lie..(Mama didn't lie)..she didn't lie.
E Dbm A B
Mama didn't lie, she didn't lie.
BRIDGE:
Abm F# Abm
I remember what my mama told me..she said, 'Girl stay in your
Dbm Abm Dbm B F#m Dbm
class, you got a whole lot of growin' and a-learnin' to do..
F# B
girl, don't you go so fast.
#3.
E F#m Abm
The greatest pastime in this man's world is playin' tricks
B
on every young girl.
A F# B Dbm F#
To have one is how they get their kicks..but not me because
B Dbm
I know their tricks.
E Dbm E F#m
And they're wrong to think I will be caught by the wink of
B
an eye.
CHORUS:
B E Dbm A B
My mama didn't lie..(Mama didn't lie)..she didn't lie.
E Dbm A B
Mama didn't lie, she didn't lie.
OUTRO:
E Dbm A B
Mama didn't lie, she didn't lie.
E Dbm A B
Mama didn't lie, she didn't lie..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat,
