Intro: |
Am |
Am F G C |
Call it love and devotion |
C Am |
Call it a mom's adoration |
F |
Foundation |
G C Am |
A special bond of creation, ha!! |
F G |
For all the single moms out there |
C |
Going through frustration |
F Dm |
Clean Bandit, Sean-da-Paul, Anne-Marie |
E |
Sing, make them hear |
Am F G Em |
She works the nights, by the water |
Am F |
She's gone astray, so far away |
G Em |
From my father's daughter |
Em Am F G Em |
She just wants a life for her baby |
Am F |
All on her own, no one will come |
G Em |
She's got to save him (Daily struggle) |
Am |
She tells him, "Ooh, love, |
F G |
No one's ever gonna hurt you, love |
Em Am |
I'm gonna give you all of my love |
F G |
Nobody matters like you" |
Em |
(Stay out there, stay out there) |
Am F |
She tells him, "Your life ain't gon' |
G |
Be nothing like my life |
Em Am |
You're gonna grow and have a good life |
F G |
I'm gonna do what I've got to do" |
Em |
(Stay out there, stay out there) |
Am F G |
So, Rockabye baby, Rockabye |
Em |
I'm gonna rock you |
Am F G |
Rockabye baby, don't you cry |
Em |
Somebody's got you |
Am F G |
Rockabye baby, Rockabye |
Em |
I'm gonna rock you |
Am F G |
Rockabye baby, don't you cry |
Am F G |
Rockabye, no |
Em |
(Rockabye-rocka-rocka-rocka-bye) |
Am F G |
Rockabye, yeah oh oh |
Em |
(Rockabye-rocka-rocka-rocka-bye) |
Am F |
Single mama you doing out there |
G Em |
Facing the hard life, without no fear (Yeah) |
Am F |
Just so you know that you really care |
G |
Cause any obstacle come |
Em Am |
You're well prepared (Oh no) |
Am F |
And no mama, you never shed tear |
G |
Cause you have to shed things |
Em |
Year after year |
Am |
And you give the youth love |
F |
Beyond compare (Yeah) |
G |
You find his school fee |
Em |
And the bus fare (Yeah) |
Am F |
Mmm Marie, the pops' disappear |
G Em |
In the round back can't find him nowhere |
Am F |
Steadily you work flow, everything you know |
G |
Say you nah stop no time |
Em |
No time for your jear |
Am F |
Now she got a six-year-old |
G |
Trying to keep him warm |
Em Am |
Trying to keep out the cold |
F G |
When he looks in her eyes |
Em |
He don't know he is safe |
Am |
When she says "Ooh, love, |
F G |
No one's ever gonna hurt you, love |
Em Am |
I'm gonna give you all of my love |
F G Em |
Nobody matters like you" |
Am F G |
So, Rockabye baby, Rockabye |
Em |
I'm gonna rock you |
Am F G |
Rockabye baby, don't you cry |
Em |
Somebody's got you |
Am F G |
Rockabye baby, Rockabye |
Em |
I'm gonna rock you |
Am F G |
Rockabye baby, don't you cry |
Am F G |
Rockabye, no |
Em |
(Rockabye-rocka-rocka-rocka-bye) |
Am F G |
Rockabye, yeah yeah oh |
Em |
(Rockabye-rocka-rocka-rocka-bye) |
Bridge: |
Am F G Em Am F G Em |
Am F |
Now she got a six-year-old |
G |
Trying to keep him warm |
Em F |
Trying to keep out the cold |
F E |
When he looks in her eyes |
E |
He don't know he is safe |
E |
When she says |
Am |
She tells him, "Ooh, love, |
F G |
No one's ever gonna hurt you, love |
Em Am |
I'm gonna give you all of my love |
F G |
Nobody matters like you" |
Em |
(Stay out there, stay out there) |
Am F |
She tells him, "Your life ain't gon' |
G |
Be nothing like my life |
Em Am |
You're gonna grow and have a good life |
F G Em |
I'm gonna do what I've got to do" |
Am F G |
So, Rockabye baby, Rockabye |
Em |
I'm gonna rock you |
Am F G |
Rockabye baby, don't you cry |
G |
Somebody's got you |
Am F G |
Rockabye baby, Rockabye |
G |
I'm gonna rock you |
Am F G |
Rockabye baby, don't you cry |
Am F G Em |
Rockabye, |
Am F G Em |
Rockabye, yeah yeah oh |
Am F G Em |
Rockabye, Ohh ohhhh |
Am F G Em |
Rockabye, |
Bridge: |
C F Am Am x2 |
Ending: |
Am F G C F Dm E |