Ma Baker    (intro) (midi)

 

    Freeze! I'm Ma Baker - put your hands in the air,

    gimme all your money!

 

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    (spoken:) This is the story of Ma Baker,

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    the meanest cat from ol' Chicago town.

 

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1. She was the meanest cat, in old Chicago town,

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    she was the meanest cat, she really mowed them down.

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    She had no heart at all, no no no heart at all.

 

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2. She was the meanest cat, oh she was really tough,

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    she left her husband flat, he wasn't tough enough.

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    She took her boys along, 'cos they were mean and strong.

 

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Ma Ma Ma Ma - Ma Baker - she taught her four sons,

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Ma Ma Ma Ma - Ma Baker - to handle their guns.

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Ma Ma Ma Ma - Ma Baker - she never could cry,

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Ma Ma Ma Ma - Ma Baker - but she knew how to die!

 

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3. They left a trail of crime across the U.S.A.

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    And when one boy was killed, she really made them pay.

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    She had no heart at all, no no no heart at all.  + CHORUS

 

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4. She met a man she liked, she thought she'd stay with him,

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    one day he fought with them, they did away with him.

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    She didn't care at all, just didn't care at all.

 

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" Here is a special bulletin:

  Ma Baker is the FBI's most wanted woman.

  Her photo is hanging on every post office wall.

  If you have any information about this woman,

  please contact the nearest police station..."

 

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- Don't anybody move! The money or your lives!

 

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5. One day they robbed a bank, it was their last foray,

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    the cops appeared too soon, they couldn't get away.

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    And all the loot they had, it made them mighty mad.

 

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6. And so they shot it out, Ma Baker and her sons.

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    They didn't want to hang, they died with blazing guns.

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    and so the story ends, of one who left no friends.

 

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Ma Ma Ma Ma - Ma Baker - she taught her four sons,

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Ma Ma Ma Ma - Ma Baker - to handle their guns.

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Ma Ma Ma Ma - Ma Baker - she never could cry,

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Ma Ma Ma Ma - Ma Baker - but she knew how to die.

 

+ CHORUS    + Dm                           

 

    (Boney M)