Boney M – Ma Baker

Guitar chords and lyrics of Ma Baker by Boney M
Published 1977
Original key Dm

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Freeze! I’m Ma Baker – put your hands in the air, gimme all your money!

Dm – C – Am – Dm
This is the story of Ma Baker,
Dm – C – Am – Dm
the meanest cat from ol’ Chicago town.

 

.                     Dm           C                    Am     Dm
She was the meanest cat, in old Chicago town
.                                       C                       Am                 Dm
she was the meanest cat, she really mowed them down
.                      C          Dm                  C           Dm
She had no heart at all, no no no heart at all

.                       Dm         C                          Am     Dm
She was the meanest cat, oh she was really tough
.                                     C                         Am           Dm
she left her husband flat, he wasn’t tough enough
.                        C       Dm                                 C               Dm
She took her boys along, ‘cos they were mean and strong

 

.                   Dm            C                 Am                     Dm
Ma Ma Ma Ma – Ma Baker  she taught her four sons
.                   Dm            C              Am                Dm
Ma Ma Ma Ma – Ma Baker  to handle their guns
.                     Dm          C                Am               Dm
Ma Ma Ma Ma – Ma Baker  she never could cry
.                    Dm           C                       Am                 A
Ma Ma Ma Ma – Ma Baker  but she knew how to die!

 

.                   Dm         C                        Am     Dm
They left a trail of crime across the U.S.A.
.                                            C                         Am                Dm
And when one boy was killed, she really made them pay
.                        C       Dm                    C           Dm
She had no heart at all, no no no heart at all

 

.                   Dm            C                 Am                     Dm
Ma Ma Ma Ma – Ma Baker  she taught her four sons
.                   Dm            C              Am                Dm
Ma Ma Ma Ma – Ma Baker  to handle their guns
.                     Dm          C                Am               Dm
Ma Ma Ma Ma – Ma Baker  she never could cry
.                    Dm           C                       Am                 A
Ma Ma Ma Ma – Ma Baker  but she knew how to die!

 

.                   Dm           C                                       Am          Dm
She met a man she liked, she thought she’d stay with him
.                                            C                         Am           Dm
one day he fought with them, they did away with him
.                    C        Dm                     C         Dm
She didn’t care at all, just didn’t care at all.

 

Dm – C – Dm – Bb – A – Dm – C – Dm – Bb – A
” Here is a special bulletin:
Ma Baker is the FBI’s most wanted woman
Her photo is hanging on every post office wall
If you have any information about this woman
please contact the nearest police station…”

Dm – C – Am – Dm – Dm – C – Am – Dm

Don’t anybody move! The money or your lives!

 






.                          Dm           C                          Am      Dm
One day they robbed a bank, it was their last foray
.                                          C                              Am     Dm
the cops appeared too soon, they couldn’t get away
.                      C            Dm                             C           Dm
And all the loot they had, it made them mighty mad

.                      Dm      C                       Am          Dm
And so they shot it out, Ma Baker and her sons
.                                     C                                  Am     Dm
They didn’t want to hang, they died with blazing guns
.                    C       Dm                                C       Dm
and so the story ends, of one who left no friends.

.                   Dm            C                 Am                     Dm
Ma Ma Ma Ma – Ma Baker  she taught her four sons
.                   Dm            C              Am                Dm
Ma Ma Ma Ma – Ma Baker  to handle their guns
.                     Dm          C                Am               Dm
Ma Ma Ma Ma – Ma Baker  she never could cry
.                    Dm           C                       Am                 A
Ma Ma Ma Ma – Ma Baker  but she knew how to die!

 

.                   Dm            C                 Am                     Dm
Ma Ma Ma Ma – Ma Baker  she taught her four sons
.                   Dm            C              Am                Dm
Ma Ma Ma Ma – Ma Baker  to handle their guns
.                     Dm          C                Am               Dm
Ma Ma Ma Ma – Ma Baker  she never could cry
.                    Dm           C                       Am                 A
Ma Ma Ma Ma – Ma Baker  but she knew how to die!

 

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