[Verse]
[G#m]                           [C#m]
        Tell me mama is your life a better change ?
[G#m]
        And tell me mama
           [C#m]
Would you live your life the same
Or come back and rearrange ?
[G#m]                         [C#m]
        Tell me mama how is freedom ?


[C#m] [D#m]
Oh I'm
                [G#m] [C#]
Thinking of you
                                [C#m]     [D#m]
And all the things that you wanted me to be
         [G#m]
And I'm trying now

[C#m] [D#m]
Oh I'm
                [G#m] [C#]
Thinking of you
                                [C#m]     [D#m]
And all the things that you wanted me to be


[G#m]
        Tell me mama
        [C#m]
Are the colors deeper shades ?
[G#m]
        And tell me mama
          [C#m]
Are there great big brass parades ?
Does the sun shine night and day ?
[G#m]                          [C#m]
        Tell me mama no more sleeping
[G#m]                          [C#m]
        Tell me mama no more weeping


Play x4

[C#m] [D#m]
Oh I'm
                [G#m] [C#]
Thinking of you
                                [C#m]     [D#m]
And all the things that you wanted me to be
         [G#m]
And I'm trying now

[C#m] [D#m]
Oh I'm
                [G#m] [C#]
Thinking of you
                                [C#m]     [D#m]
And all the things that you wanted me to be


Humming part
[C#m] [D#m] [G#m]

 [G#m]                         [C#m]
        Tell me mama is it just the way they say ?
        Tell me mama
[G#m]                              [C#m]
        And tell me mama are you missing me the way
        That I'm missing you today ?
[G#m]                          [C#m]
        Tell me mama can you hear me ?


Play x5
 [C#m] [D#m]
Oh I'm
                [G#m] [C#]
Thinking of you
                                [C#m]     [D#m]
And all the things that you wanted me to be
         [G#m]
And I'm trying now
 [C#m] [D#m]
Oh I'm
                [G#m] [C#]
Thinking of you
                                [C#m]     [D#m]
And all the things that you wanted me to be