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Mama – Genesis
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Genesis
Mama (1983)
(Banks/Collins/Rutherford)
From: "Genesis"
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INTRO (keyboard line)
Em
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|3-----2---------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|--------2-----4-|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Em
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|3-----2---------|----------------|----3---0-------|
B|----------------|--------2-----4-|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|
INTRO / VERSE
Em D/E
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|------------5---|----------------|----------------|
B|8-----7-8-----7-|8---------------|7-----5-7-----5-|7---------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
INTERLUDE 1 (lick)
[no chord]
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|--5-5-5-5-----4-|----------------|--5-5-5-5-7-----|4---------------|
A|----------5-7---|----------------|------------5-7-|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
INTERLUDE 2
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|
Haha,he Haha,he
Em
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e|--------3-----2-|----------------|------------3---|0---------------|
B|----------------|----------------|2-----4---------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
oh
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
D/E 0-2-2-2-3-2
C/E 0-x-2-0-1-0
G/E 0-x-5-4-3-0
C6 x-3-2-2-1-0
G/D x-x-0-4-3-3
A/E 0-x-2-2-2-0
Em7 0-2-0-0-0-x
Am/E 0-x-2-2-1-0
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| N.C. | % | % | % |
| Em | % | % | % |
(bass slowly faded in)
| Em | % | % | | Em | % | % |
(keyboard line)
| Em | % | % | % |
| Em | % | D/E | % |
(verse keyboard line)
VERSE
Em
I can't see you mama
D/E
But I can hardly wait
Em
Oh to touch and to feel you mama
D/E
Oh I just can't keep away
Em
In the heat and the steam of the city
D/E
Oh it’s got me running and I just can't brake
C/E
So say you'll help me mama
D/E E
'Cause it’s getting so hard – oh, oh
VERSE
Em
Now I can't keep you mama
D/E
But I know you're always there
Em
You listen, you teach me mama
D/E
And I know inside you care
Em
So get down, down here beside me
D/E
Oh you ain't going nowhere
C/E
No I won't hurt you mama
D/E E
But it’s getting so hard – oh, oh
INTERLUDE
| [no chord] | % |
Ha ha, he - Ha ha, he oh
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Ha ha, he - Ha ha, he oh
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(lick)
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(lick)
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(lick)
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(lick)
MIDDLE 8
| A/E | % | G/E D/E
Can't you see me here
C C6 G/D D A/E
Mama. mama, mama, mama, please
G/E D/E
Can't you feel my heart
Em
Can't you feel my heart
Em7 Am/E
Can't you feel my heart
D/E
Oh-oh-oh, now listen to me
C C6 G/D
Mama. mama, mama
D Em
You're taking away my last chance
D/E C/E
Don't take it away
D/E Em
Can't you feel my heart?
INTERLUDE 2
| Em |
Ha ha, he
| Em |
Ha ha, he
| Em | % | % | % |
oh (keyboard line)
VERSE
Em
It's hot, too hot for me mama
D/E
But I can hardly wait
Em
My eyes they're burning mama
D/E
And I can feel my body shake
Em
Don't stop, don't stop me mama
D/E
Oh make the pain, make it go away – hey
C/E
No I won't hurt you mama
D/E E
But it’s getting so hard – oh, oh
VERSE
Em
Now I can't keep you mama
D/E
But I know you're always there
Em
You taunt, you tease me mama
D/E
But I never, never, never can keep away
Em
It’s the heat and the steam of the city
D/E
Oh-oh-oh-oh got me running and I just can't brake
C/E
So stay don't leave me mama
D/E E
‘Cause it’s getting so hard – oh, oh
CODA
| Em | % |
Don’t go
| D/E | % |
No no, don’t go
| Em | % | D/E | % |
(repeat and fade, vocals ad lib, guitar solo)
