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Rockabye

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(Intro)
[Am]Call it [F]love and devotion [G] [C]
Call it the mom’s [Am]adoration
Foundation [F]
A special [G]bond of creation[C], hah
[Am]For [F]all the single mums out
[G]there going through [C]frustration
Clean [F]Bandit, Sean-da-[Dm]Paul, Anne-[E]Marie
 
(Verse 1)
She works the [Am]night,[F] by the [G]water [Em]
She's gone [Am]astray, so far [F]away
From her father's [G]daughter [Em]
She just wants a [Am]life[F] for her [G]baby [Em]
All on her [Am]own, no one will [F]come
She's got to [G]save him (daily [Em]struggle)
 
(Pre-Chorus)
She tells him [Am]"ooh, love, [F]
no one's ever gonna hurt [G]you, love
[Em]I'm gonna give you all of [Am]my love
[F]Nobody matters like [G]you" [Em]
She tells him [Am]"your life [F]ain't
gonna be nothing like [G]my life
[Em]You're gonna grow and have a [Am]good life
[F]I'm gonna do what I've [G]got to [Em]do"
 
(Chorus)
So, [Am]Rockabye [F]baby, [G]Rockabye
[Em]I'm gonna rock you
[Am]Rockabye [F]baby, don't you [G]cry
[Em]Somebody's got you
[Am]Rockabye [F]baby, [G]Rockabye
[Em]I'm gonna rock you
[Am]Rockabye [F]baby, don't you [G]cry
Rockabye[Am], [F] no [G] (rockabye, [Em]rock-a rock-a rockabye)
[Am]Rockabye, [F] [G] (rockabye, [Em]rock-a rock-a rockabye)
 
(Verse 2)
[Am]Single mama you [F]doing out there
[G]Facing the hard life, [Em]without no fear
[Am]Just so you know that [F]you really care
Cause [G]any obstacle come [Em]you’re well prepared
[Am]And no mama, you [F]never shed tear
Cause [G]you have to set things [Em]year and to year
And [Am]you give the youth love [F]beyond compare
[G]You find his school fee [Em]and the bus fare
[Am]Mmm Marie, the [F]paps' disappear
[G]In the round back can’t [Em]find him nowhere
[Am]Steadily you work flow, [F]everything you know
[G]You know say you nuh stop the [Em]time fi a jear
 
[Am]Now she gotta a six year [F]old
Trying to [G]keep him warm
[Em]Trying to keep out the [Am]cold
When he [F]looks in her eyes
[G]He don't know he's [Em]safe
 
(Pre-Chorus)
When she says [Am]"ooh, love, [F]no
one's ever gonna hurt [G]you, love
[Em]I'm gonna give you all of [Am]my love
[F]Nobody matters like [G]you" [Em]
 
(Chorus)
So, [Am]Rockabye [F]baby, [G]Rockabye
[Em]I'm gonna rock you
[Am]Rockabye [F]baby, don't you [G]cry
[Em]Somebody's got you
[Am]Rockabye [F]baby, [G]Rockabye
[Em]I'm gonna rock you
[Am]Rockabye [F]baby, don't you [G]cry
Rocka[Am]bye, [F] no [G] (rockabye, [Em]rock-a rock-a rockabye)
Rocka[Am]bye, [F] [G] (rockabye, [Em]rock-a rock-a rockabye)
[Am]Rockabye, [F]don't but a cry
[G]Lift up your head, lift it [Em]up to the sky
[G]Angels are wrong, you [Em]just dry your eyes
 
(Verse 3)
[Am]Now she gotta a six year [F]old
Trying to [G]keep him warm
[Em]Trying to keep out the [F]cold
When he [F]looks her in the eyes. [E]
[E]He don't know he's safe when she says
 
(Pre-Chorus)
She tells him [Am]"ooh, love, [F]no
one's ever gonna hurt [G]you, love
[Em]I'm gonna give you all of [Am]my love
[F]Nobody matters like [G]you" [Em]
She tells him [Am]"your life [F]ain't
gonna be nothing like [G]my life
[Em]You're gonna grow and have a [Am]good life
[F]I'm gonna do what I've [G]got to [Em]do"
 
(Chorus)
So, [Am]Rockabye [F]baby, [G]Rockabye
[Em]I'm gonna rock you
[Am]Rockabye [F]baby, don't you [G]cry
[Em]Somebody's got you
[Am]Rockabye [F]baby, [G]Rockabye
[Em]I'm gonna rock you
[Am]Rockabye [F]baby, don't you [G]cry [Em]
Rocka[Am]bye (rockabye, [F]don't but a cry. [G]
Lift up your head, lift it [Em]up to the sky)
Rocka[Am]bye (rockabye, [F]don't but a cry. [G]
Angels are wrong, you [Em]just dry your eyes)
Rocka[Am]bye (rockabye, [F]don't but a cry. [G]
Lift up your head, lift it [Em]up to the sky)
Rocka[Am]bye (rockabye, [F]don't but a cry. [G]
Angels are wrong, you [Em]just dry your eyes)
 
Outro
[Am] [F] [G] [C]
[F] [Dm] [E]

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