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[Dm]Mamas put [F]your [Bb]babies to sleep,
[C]story too [Bb] [C]cruelsome for them this is.
[Dm]In Junior [F]High she [Bb]said goodbye,
[C]to [Bb]her [C]parents and ran away with a boy.
She [Gm]left her [F]family [C]warm and [Dm]kind,
[Gm]all of her [F]friends said "You´re [C]out of your [Dm]mind".
[C]Life [Dm]of her own she would find,
it´s [Gm]Monday and she´s gotta [Bb]grind. [A]
[Dm]A job as a [F]waitress she [Bb]sure was to find,
[C] [Bb]beautiful [C]face, mind of a child.
[Dm]Boy got [F]her [Bb]pregnant, Mary-Lou cried,
[C]"For [Bb]this I am too [C]young oh why did you lie?"
You [Gm]said "It´s [F]okay if we [C]do it [Dm]today",
[Gm]I was so [F]scared that you [C]would go [Dm]away.
[C]"Despite [Dm]all the papers been signed,
[Gm]mama take me back be so [F]kind". [A]
[Dm]Only a [C]child, reckless and [F]wild,
needs to come [Bb]home [C]again. [Dm]
He promised the [C]moon but won´t [Bb]marry [F] [C] [Dm]you.
Nothing to [C]do, eating for [F]two,
he´s goin´ [Bb]out with [C]someone [Dm]new.
Sunshine or [C]rain, it´s all the [Gm]same,
life isn´t [F]gray oh [C] [Dm]Mary-Lou.
[Dm]Mamas do [F]your children [Bb]still sleep,
[C]in the [Bb]safe of [C]their cradles so sweet.
[Dm]Story I [F]told you [Bb]I have foreseen,
[C]your [Bb]little [C]angel ain´t always so clean.
[Gm]Days to [F]come aren´t [C]easy to [Dm]see,
[Gm]you [F]can change ´em [C]but it [Dm]isn´t free.
[C]I see [Dm]that you don´t believe,
[Gm]ooo-oo, but [F]you [C]will [Dm]see.