SONG: When You're Good To Mama
ARTIST: John Kander & Fred Ebb

From the musical, Chicago


    Fm                  F7    Bbm
Ask any of the chickies in my pen
        Eb7                             Ab
They'll tell you I'm the biggest mother hen
  C#                                 Bbm/G
I love them all and all of them love me
            Fm               Fdim          C7  Fdim/C  C7   Fm
Because the system works the system called reciprocity

C7(sus4)/G
C7    Fm
C7(sus4)/G
C7   


F
Got a little motto
Fm
Always sees me through
C7
When you're good to Mama
                   Fm
Mama's good to you

C7(sus4)/G
C7   

F
There's a lot of favors
Fm
I'm prepared to do
C7
You do one for Mama
                     Fm
She'll do one for you

F(susG)

F    Bb               Bbm6
They say that life is tit for tat
    F
And that's the way I live
   Dm          F+
So I deserve a lotta tat
    G7(sus4)              C7
For what I've got to give

F
Don't you know that this hand
Fm
Washes that one too
C7
When you're good to Mama
C#7    C7+5       Fm C7(sus4)
Mama's good to you

C7    Fm
C7(sus4)
C7   


F
If you want my gravy
Fm
Pepper my ragout
C7
Spice it up for Mama
                      Fm
She'll get hot for you

C7(sus4)
C7   

F
When the pass that basket
Fm
Folks contribute to
C7
You put in for Mama
                      Fm
She'll put out for you

F(susG)

F   Bb             Bbm6
The folks atop the ladder
        F
Are the ones the world adores
   Dm             F+
So boost me up my ladder kid
    G7(sus4)               C7
And I'll boost you up yours

F
Let's all stroke together
Fm
Like the Princeton Crew
C7
When you're strokin' Mama
C#9    C9         F7
Mama's strokin' you


   Bb                G7/B
So what's the one conclusion
      F               D7
I can bring this number to?
Gm7                 G7
When you're good to Mama
C#7    C7+5    Fm Gm7   C7(+9)  
Mama's good to you

Fm
Gm7   C7(+9)   C7+5
Fm