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Version 1
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             Mama – Genesis
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Written by: Banks/Collins/Rutherford
From: "Genesis" (1983)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

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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
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  
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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[Intro]
| 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
| [no chord] | % | 
Ha ha, he - Ha ha, he oh
| [no chord] | % | 
 (lick)
| [no chord] | % | 
 (lick)
| [no chord] | % | 
 (lick)
| [no chord] | % | 
 (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


[Outro]
     | Em | % |
Don’t go
            | D/E | % |
No no, don’t go

| Em | % | D/E | % |

(repeat and fade, vocals ad lib, guitar solo) 
        

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