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