I apologize if there is a little bit because I also just learned to play the guitar. and I want to receive his input.
Intro
Am F G C
Call it love and devotion
Am
Call it the mom’s adoration
F
Foundation
G C
A special bond of creation, hah
Am F G C
For all the single mums out there going through frustration
F Dm E
Clean Bandit, Sean-da-Paul, Anne-Marie
Verse 1
Am F G Em
She works the night, by the water
Am F
She’s gone astray, so far away
G Em
From her father’s daughter
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 F G
She tells him “ooh, love, 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
She tells him “your life ain’t gonna 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
Chorus
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 Em
Rockabye, no (rockabye, rock-a rock-a rockabye)
Am F G Em
Rockabye, (rockabye, rock-a rock-a rockabye)
Verse 2
Am F
Single mama you doing out there
G Em
Facing the hard life, without no fear
Am F
Just so you know that you really care
G Em
Cause any obstacle come you’re well prepared
Am F
And no mama, you never shed tear
G Em
Cause you have to set things year and to year
Am F
And you give the youth love beyond compare
G Em
You find his school fee and the bus fare
Am F
Mmm Marie, the paps’ disappear
G Em
In the round back can’t find him nowhere
Am F
Steadily you work flow, everything you know
G Em
You know say you nuh stop the time fi a jear
Am F
Now she gotta a six year old
G
Trying to keep him warm
Em Am
Trying to keep out the cold
F
When he looks in her eyes
G Em
He don’t know he’s safe
Am F G
When she says “ooh, love, 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”
Chorus
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 Em
Rockabye, no (rockabye, rock-a rock-a rockabye)
Am F G Em
Rockabye, (rockabye, rock-a rock-a rockabye)
Am F
Rockabye, don’t bother cry
G Em
Lift up your head, lift it up to the sky
Am F
Rockabye, don’t bother cry
G Em
Angels around, you just dry your eyes
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