Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean — Ruth Brown
Chords and lyrics for Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean by Ruth Brown (key of A).
Verse
[A13]Mama he treats your daughter mean,
[D9]Mama he treats your daughter [A13]mean
[A13]Mama he treats your daughter [G#13]mean[G13]
[F#13]That’s the mean, [B7]mean-est[E7#5] man I’ve ever [A]seen[E7]
Chorus
Mama, the [A7]man is lazy[D7]
almost [A7]drives me crazy[D7]
Mama he [A7]takes all my money[D7]
makes me [A7]call him “honey”[D7]
mama he [A7]can’t be trusted;[D7]
makes me [A7]so disgusted[D7]
and all of my [B7]friends [C#m7]say [Ddim7]they don’t understand[B7/D#]
whats the [Bm7/E]matter with this man
N.C.
i tell you
Verse
[A13]Mama, he treats your daughter mean
[D9]Mama, he treats your daughter mean
[A13]Mama, he treats your daughter [G#13]mean[G13]
[F#13]thats the mean mean-est [B7][E7#5]man, I’ve ever [A]seen[E7]
Chorus
Mama, the [A7]man is lazy[D7]
almost [A7]drives me crazy[D7]
Mama he [A7]makes me squeeze him[D7]
but still my [A7]squeeze don’t please him[D7]
mama my [A7]heart is achin’[D7]
I [A7]believe it’s breakin[D7]
and mama, I’ve [B7]stood [C#m7]all I[Ddim7] can stand[B7/D#]
whats the [Bm7/E]matter with this man?
N.C.
I tell you
Chorus
Mama, he [A7]treats your daughter mean[D7]
Mama, he [A7]treats your daughter mean[D7]
Mama, he [A7]treats your daughter mean[D7]
[F#13]thats the mean [B7]mean-est [E7#5]man, I’ve ever [A]seen[E7]
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