(1) 044200
(2) 066400
(3) 066440
G6 055430
G6* 050430
Riff: E (1) (2) (3) (2) (1) E (1)
Riff
I don't know how I'm going to tell you
I can't play with you no more
I don't know how I'm going to do what mama told me
My friend the boy next door
I can't believe what people saying
You only let your hair down
I'm satisfied to sit here working all day long
You're in the darkest side of town
And when I'm out I see you walking
Why don't your eyes see me
Could it be you've found another game to play
What did mama say to me
G6 Riff
That's the way Oh that's the way it ought to be
G6 B
Mama said that's the way it ought to stay
G6*
Riff
And yesterday I saw you standing by the river
And weren't those tears that filled your eyes
And all the fish that lay in dirty water dying
Had they got you hypnotized
And yesterday I saw you kissing tiny flowers
But all that lives is born to die
And so I say to you that nothing really matters
And all you do is stand and cry
I don't know what to say about it
When all your ears are turned away
But now's the time to look and look again at what you see
Is that the way it ought to stay
G6 Riff
That's the way That's the way it ought to be Whoa don't you know now
G6 B
Mama said mama said that's the way it's going to stay Ahh Ahh
