Mama Didn't Lie:The Orlons.
Album - Not Me - on CAMEO
Records in 1963.
INTRO: E
E A B
Mama didn't lie, she didn't lie.
E A B
Mama didn't lie, she didn't lie.
#1.
E Gbm Abm
Here comes that boy and his friends, making
E
eyes at me again.
Gb B Dbm Gbm
Do they all think that I'm a toy, to be played
B
with by every boy?
E Gb E
Well, they're wrong to think I will be caught
A
by the wink of an eye..y
B E A B
My mama didn't lie (Mama didn't lie) she didn't lie.
E A B
Mama didn't lie, she didn't lie.
#2.
E Gbm Abm
The greatest pastime in this man's world, is playin'
Gbm
tricks on every young girl.
Gb
To have one is how they get their kicks..but not me
B
because I know their tricks.
E Gb E
And they're wrong to think I will be caught by the wink
A
of an eye..y
B E A B
My mama didn't lie (Mama didn't lie) she didn't lie.
E A B
Mama didn't lie, she didn't lie.
BRIDGE:
Abm E
I remember what my mama told me..she said, 'Girl stay in
your class.
Abm E
You got a whole lot of growin' and learnin' to do.
Gb B
Girl, don't you go so fast.'
#3.
E Gbm Abm
The greatest pastime in this man's world, is playin'
Gbm
tricks on every young girl.
Gb
To have one is how they get their kicks..but not me
B
because I know their tricks.
E Gb E
And they're wrong to think I will be caught by the wink
A
of an eye..y
B E A B
My mama didn't lie (Mama didn't lie) she didn't lie.
E A B
Mama didn't lie, she didn't lie..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.