A            G A 
Mama's got a problem 
     C A 
She don't know what to say 
     A               G A 
Her little baby boy 
               C A 
Has just left home today 
        A            G A             C A 
She's got to be the loser in the end 
 D 
She's got to be the loser in the end 
 A                      G A               C A 
Misuse her and you'll lose her as a friend 
 D                                     D7 A    
She's ma on whom you can always depend ooh 

     A             G A 
She washed and fed and clothed and cared 
C A 
For nearly twenty years 
     A                G A 
And all she gets is "Goodbye Ma" 
        C A 
And the night times for her tears 
        A            G A             C A 
She's got to be the loser in the end 
 D 
She's got to be the loser in the end 
 A                      G A               C A 
Misuse her and you'll lose her as a friend 
 D                                     D7 A    A G 
She's ma on whom you can always depend ooh 

 D                G    
So listen mothers ev'rywhere 
 D                    G 
To just one mothers son 
 D                   G 
You'll get forgotten on the way 
 C                     A 
If you don't let them have their fun 
 D                  G 
Forget regrets and just remember 
 C                      D 
It's not so long since you were young 

         A              G A             C A 
You're bound to be the loser in the end 
        D 
You're bound to be the loser in the end 
 A                   G A 
They'll chose their new shoes 
                       C A 
That's not far to bend 
 D                                       D7 A     A G A G A G ... 
You're ma on whom they can always depend ooh