Chicago - When Youre Good To Mama

song : when you’re good to mama artist : john kander & fred ebb from the musical , chicago Fm F7 A#m ask any of the chickies in my pen D#7 G# they’ll tell you i’m the biggest mother hen C# A#m/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 A# A#m6 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 A# A#m6 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 A# G7/B so what’s the one conclusion F/C 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