Fm                        Bb
Ask any of the chickies in my pen
        Eb                             Ab
They'll tell you I'm the biggest mother hen
  C#                                  G
I love them all and all of them love me
            Fm                             C7   C  C7   Fm
Because the system works the system called reciprocity

C7      G
C7     Fm
C7      G
C7


F
Got a little motto
Fm
Always sees me through
C7
When you're good to Mama
                   Fm
Mama's good to you


F
There's a lot of favors
Fm
I'm prepared to do
C7
You do one for Mama
                     Fm
She'll do one for you


F    Bb               G
They say that life is tit for tat
    F
And that's the way I live
   Dm          F
So I deserve a lotta tat
    G7                  C7
For all the tit I give

F
Don't you know that this hand
Fm
Washes that one too
C7
When you're good to Mama
C#     C7        Fm C7
Mama's good to you