Gm G
Oh mama, oh mama
[Verse]
G
He sawed at the wood with half a heart
G
And glued it top to bottom
G
He strung a wire in between
Gm
He was feeling something rotten
[Chorus]
G C G
Oh mama, oh mama
[Verse]
G
Orpheus looked at his instrument
C
And he gave the wire a pluck
D
He heard a sound so beautiful
A
He gasped and said "Oh my God"
[Chorus]
G Gm G
Oh mama, oh mama
[Verse]
G
He rushed inside to tell his wife
He went racing down the halls
D
Eurydice was still asleep in bed
Gm
Like a sack of cannonballs
[Chorus]
G Gm G
Oh mama, oh mama
[Verse]
G
Look what I've made, cried Orpheus
And he plucked a gentle note
D
Eurydice's eyes popped from their sockets
D
And her tongue burst through her throat
[Chorus]
G Gm G
Oh mama, oh mama
[Verse]
G
"Oh God, what have I done, " he said
G
As her blood pooled in the sheets
G
But in his heart he felt a bliss
G
Which nothing could compete
[Chorus]
Gm G Gm
Oh mama, oh mama
[Verse]
G Dm
Orpheus went leaping through the fields
G
Strumming as hard as he did please
C
Birdies detonated in the sky
D G
Bunnies dashed their brains out on the trees
[Chorus]
Gm G Gm
Oh mama, (oh mama) oh mama, (oh mama)
[Verse]
G
Orpheus strummed 'til his fingers bled
G
He hit a G minor 7
G
He woke up God from a deep, deep sleep
G
God was a major player in heaven
[Chorus]
Gm A# Am A
Oh mama, oh mama
[Verse]
Am E
God picked up a giant hammer
Am
And He threw it with a thunderous yell
E A Em
It smashed down hard on Orpheus' head
Em
And it knocked him down a well
[Chorus]
Am A Am
Oh mama, (oh mama) oh mama, (oh mama)
[Verse]
E
Well, the well went down very deep
Em Am
Very deep went down the well
A
Well, the well went down so very deep
D G Am
Well, the well went down to hell
[Chorus]
A Am A
Oh mama, oh mama
[Verse]
C E Em
Poor Orpheus woke up with a start
A
All amongst the rotting dead
E
His lyre tucked safe under his arm
Em
His brains all down his head
[Chorus]
Am A Am
Oh mama, (oh mama) oh mama, (oh mama)
[Verse]
A
Eurydice appeared brindled in blood
She said to Orpheus
Am A
"If you play that fucking thing down here
A
I'll stick it up your orifice!"
[Chorus]
E Am C Am
Oh mama, oh mama
[Verse]
A
"This lyre lark is for the birds, " said Orpheus
Em Am A
"It's enough to send you bats
E
Let's stay down here, Eurydice, dear
A
We'll have a bunch of screaming brats"
[Chorus]
Am C Am
Oh mama, (oh mama) oh mama, (oh mama)
[Verse]
A
Orpheus picked up his lyre for the last time
A
He was on a real low down bummer
A
He stared deep into the abyss and said
N.C
This one is for Mama
[Outro]
Am
Oh mama, oh mama
D
Oh mama, oh mama
Am
Oh mama, (oh mama) oh mama, (oh mama)
Bm
Oh mama, (oh mama) oh mama, (oh mama)
Am
Oh mama, (oh mama) oh mama, (oh mama)
D
Oh mama, (oh mama) oh mama, (oh mama)
