INTRO:
CGEm
VERSE:
DC
She works the nights,
G
By the water
EmD
She's gone astray, so far away
C
From her father's daughter
GEmD
She just wants a life
C
For her baby
GEm
All on her own,
D
No one will come
CG
She's got to save him
PD-C HORUS:
Em
She tells him, "Ooh, love,
DC
No one's ever gonna hurt you, love
GEm
I'm gonna give you all of my love
DCG
Nobody matters like you"
Em
She tells him, "Your life
DC
ain't gon' be nothing like my life
GEm
You're gonna grow and have a good life
DCG
I'm gonna do what I've got to do"
CHORUS:
EmD
So, Rockabye baby,
C
Rockabye
G
I'm gonna rock you
EmD
Rockabye baby,
C
Don't you cry
G
Somebody's got you
EmD
So, Rockabye baby,
C
Rockabye
G
I'm gonna rock you
EmD
Rockabye baby,
CG
Don't you cry
VERSE:
EmD
And no mama, you never shed tear
CG
'Cause you have to set things year after year
EmD
You give the youth love beyond compare
CG
You find the school fee and the bus fare
EmD
Mmm, more, when pops disappear
CG
In the wrong bar can't find him nowhere
BDA K:
EmD
Now she got a six year old
C
Trying to keep him warm
GEm
Trying to keep out the cold
D
When he looks in her eyes
CG
He don't know he is safe
When she says
PD-C HORUS:
Em
"Ooh, love,
DC
No one's ever gonna hurt you, love
GEm
I'm gonna give you all of my love
DCG
Nobody matters like yoooooou"
CHORUS:
EmD
So, Rockabye baby,
C
Rockabye
G
I'm gonna rock you
EmD
Rockabye baby,
C
Don't you cry
G
Somebody's got you
EmD
Rockabye baby,
C
Rockabye
G
I'm gonna rock you
EmD
Rockabye baby,
CG
Don't you cry