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[Verse 1]
Em
Mama, we all go to hell.
Em B
Mama, we all go to hell.
A B G
I'm writing this letter and wishing you well,
Em B Em
Mama, we all go to hell.
[Verse 2]
Em
Oh, well, now,
Em
Mama, we're all gonna die.
B
Mama, we're all gonna die.
A B G
Stop asking me questions, I'd hate to see you cry,
Em B Em
Mama, we're all gonna die.
[Chorus]
D C
And when we go don't blame us, yeah.
D G
We'll let the fires just bathe us, yeah.
C F
You made us, oh, so famous.
B Em D/F# G
We'll never let you go-ooh-ooh.
G C B Em
And when you go don't return to me my love.
[Verse 3]
Em
Mama, we're all full of lies.
Em B
Mama, we're meant for the flies.
A B G
And right now they're building a coffin your size,
Em B Em
Mama, we're all full of lies.
[Bridge]
Em
Well Mother, what the war did to my legs and to my tongue,
Em
You should've raised a baby girl,
B
I should've been a better son.
A B
If you could coddle the infection
G Em
They can amputate at once.
Em
You should've been,
B Em
I could have been a better son.
D C
And when we go don't blame us, yeah.
D G
We'll let the fires just bathe us, yeah.
C F
You made us, oh, so famous.
B Em D/F# G
We'll never let you go-ooh-ooh.
[Chorus]
C
She said: "You ain't no son of mine
D G C
For what you've done they're gonna find A place for you
F B Em D G
And just you mind your manners when you go.
Em G Em
And when you go, don't return to me, my love." That's right.
[Verse 4]
Em
Mama, we all go to hell.
Em B
Mama, we all go to hell.
A B
It's really quite pleasant
G
Except for the smell,
Em B Em/D
Mama, we all go to hell.
[Bridge 2]
Em Am Bbm Am B
Mama, mama, mama
Em Am Bbm Am B
Mama, mama, mama
[Interlude]
Em
And if you would call me your sweetheart,
B
I'd maybe then sing you a song
A B G
But the shit that I've done with this fuck of a gun,
Em Bb5 B
You would cry out your eyes all along.
Em
We're damned after all. B Through fortune and flame we fall.
A B G Em
And if you can stay then I'll show you the way,
B Bb5 B
To return from the ashes you call.
Em
We all carry on
A B
When our brothers in arms are gone
A B
So raise your glass high
G Em
For tomorrow we die,
Em B Em
And return from the ashes you call!
[Outro] Em B A B G Em Em B Em