intro: D G - D G - A - D

D    G       D
Papa he left home today
        D            G     D
Said he ain't comin' back again
        D           D/F#        G          
Said he ain't gonna be nobody's second best
           E                            A
Just cause mama's got a special kind of friend


D    G       D
Papa he left home today
        D            G       D
Said he ain't comin' back no more
        D           D/F#    G
Said he ain't gonna take no damn back seat
              A              D
And how could mama do him so low


chorus:
    D            G          D
But mama's got a girlfriend now boy
D            G          D
Mama's got a girlfriend now
D            D/F#
Mama's got a girlfriend
G                    E
Mama's got (found) a true friend
A                       D
Mama's got a girlfriend now


        D          G               D
You see mama don't watch your damn football
         D             G          D
And your beer drinkin' just won't do
            D           D/F#
You're just stayin' out late
           G
And you're preachin' the hate
        E               A
And you never have been true

        D        G            D
You see mama she want her somebody
         D       G     D
Who will let her be herself
         D       D/F#
So she's leavin' you
         G
And your stinky damn ways
            A              D
Cause she's found somebody else


chorus


interlude:  D G - D G - D G - D  - D G - D G - E  - A
           
            D G - D G - D G - D  - D G - D G - A  - D


D            G      D
Papa he left home today
       D          G         D
He was wavin' his hands and cryin'
          D           D/F#
You could tell by the sound
        G
And the tone in his voice
         E                A
That his heart was slowly dyin'
    D          G        D
But mama said "Boy if I ever
D                G     D
Catch you 'round here again
          D           D/F#   G
You ain't never gonna have nobody else
      A          D
Not a woman or a man"