Bob Luman - The File Chords
INTRO: C
#1.
C
That crooked lawyer, that son of a gun, he took
G
my woman and away they run.
Gm
She took my money and he took my car, and left me
C
stranded here behind these bars.
C
They're off having them a swinging spree, but I'm
F
worried bout them swinging me.
C G
Bars won't hold me but a little while, if mama don't
C
forget that file.
CHORUS:
G
Oh, mama bake (mama bake) a sugar cake (a sugar cake)
for your loving child.
C
Oh-ho-ho-ho, mama bake (mama bake) a sugar cake
F
(a sugar cake) for your poor imprisoned child.
Fm
Mama bake (mama bake) a sugar cake (a sugar cake)..
C A Dm
ohhhh, but mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama,
G C
mama, mama, don't forget that file.
#2.
C
That crooked lawyer, that son of a gun, he said I
G
had the case all but won.
G
My baby said she'd testify for me, that I was innocent
C
as I could be.
C
And when she got up on the witness stand, she told
F
the judge I was a guilty man.
C Gm
Hand in hand they left the trial, oh, mama, don't
C
forget that file.
CHORUS:
G
Oh, mama bake (mama bake) a sugar cake (a sugar cake)
for your loving child.
C
Oh-ho-ho-ho, mama bake (mama bake) a sugar cake
F
(a sugar cake) for your poor imprisoned child.
Fm
Mama bake (mama bake) a sugar cake (a sugar cake)..
C A Dm
ohhhh, but mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama,
G C
mama, mama, don't forget that file.
OUTRO: C
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