Spring Awakening
Lea Michele 
“Mama Who Bore Me” 
Standard Tuning


F#        D            
Mama, who bore me
E         B
Mama, who gave me
F#        D
No way to handle things
E              B
Who made me so sad

F#        D
Mama, the weeping
E         B
Mama, the angels,
F#          D
No sleep in heaven
E        B
Or Bethlehem

D              E     
Some pray that one day
B
Christ will come a callin’
D            E
They light a candle
B
And hope that it glows

D             E
And some just lie there crying
B
For him to come and find them
D
But when he comes
E                   F#sus F# (hold)
They don’t know how to go ooooh

F#        D            
Mama, who bore me
E         B
Mama, who gave me
F#        D
No way to handle things
E              B
Who made me so sad

F#        D
Mama, the weeping
E         B
Mama, the angels,
F#          D
No sleep in heaven
E        B
Or Bethlehem



"Reprise" Version
(Wendela and Girls)


E         C            
Mama, who bore me
D         A
Mama, who gave me
E         C
No way to handle things
D              A
Who made me so sad

E         C
Mama, the weeping
D         A
Mama, the angels,
E           C
No sleep in heaven
D        A
Or Bethlehem

C              D     
Some pray that one day
A
Christ will come a callin’
C            D
They light a candle
A
And hope that it glows

C             D
And some just lie there crying
A
For him to come and find them
C
But when he comes
D                   Esus4  E(hold)
They don’t know how to go ooooh

E         C            
Mama, who bore me
D         A
Mama, who gave me
E         C
No way to handle things
D              A
Who made me so sad

E         C
Mama, the weeping
D         A
Mama, the angels,
E           C
No sleep in heaven
D        A
Or Bethlehem