🎶 Rockabye

(Intro)
[Bb]Call it [Em]love and devotion [Db] [A#]
Call it the mom’s [Bb]adoration
Foundation [Em]
A special [Db]bond of creation[A#], hah
[Bb]For [Em]all the single mums out [Db]there going through [A#]frustration
Clean [Em]Bandit, Sean-da-[Eb]Paul, Anne-[D]Marie

(Verse 1)
She works the [Bb]night,[Em] by the [Db]water [D#]
She's gone [Bb]astray, so far [Em]away
From her father's [Db]daughter [D#]
She just wants a [Bb]life[Em] for her [Db]baby [D#]
All on her [Bb]own, no one will [Em]come
She's got to [Db]save him (daily [D#]struggle)

(Pre-Chorus)
She tells him [Bb]"ooh, love, [Em]no one's ever gonna hurt [Db]you, love
[D#]I'm gonna give you all of [Bb]my love
[Em]Nobody matters like [Db]you" [D#]
She tells him [Bb]"your life [Em]ain't gonna be nothing like [Db]my life
[D#]You're gonna grow and have a [Bb]good life
[Em]I'm gonna do what I've [Db]got to [D#]do"

(Chorus)
So, [Bb]Rockabye [Em]baby, [Db]Rockabye
[D#]I'm gonna rock you
[Bb]Rockabye [Em]baby, don't you [Db]cry
[D#]Somebody's got you
[Bb]Rockabye [Em]baby, [Db]Rockabye
[D#]I'm gonna rock you
[Bb]Rockabye [Em]baby, don't you [Db]cry
Rockabye[Bb], [Em] no [Db] (rockabye, [D#]rock-a rock-a rockabye)
[Bb]Rockabye, [Em] [Db] (rockabye, [D#]rock-a rock-a rockabye)

(Verse 2)
[Bb]Single mama you [Em]doing out there
[Db]Facing the hard life, [D#]without no fear
[Bb]Just so you know that [Em]you really care
Cause [Db]any obstacle come [D#]you’re well prepared
[Bb]And no mama, you [Em]never shed tear
Cause [Db]you have to set things [D#]year and to year
And [Bb]you give the youth love [Em]beyond compare
[Db]You find his school fee [D#]and the bus fare
[Bb]Mmm Marie, the [Em]paps' disappear
[Db]In the round back can’t [D#]find him nowhere
[Bb]Steadily you work flow, [Em]everything you know
[Db]You know say you nuh stop the [D#]time fi a jear

[Bb]Now she gotta a six year [Em]old
Trying to [Db]keep him warm
[D#]Trying to keep out the [Bb]cold
When he [Em]looks in her eyes
[Db]He don't know he's [D#]safe

(Pre-Chorus)
When she says [Bb]"ooh, love, [Em]no one's ever gonna hurt [Db]you, love
[D#]I'm gonna give you all of [Bb]my love
[Em]Nobody matters like [Db]you" [D#]

(Chorus)
So, [Bb]Rockabye [Em]baby, [Db]Rockabye
[D#]I'm gonna rock you
[Bb]Rockabye [Em]baby, don't you [Db]cry
[D#]Somebody's got you
[Bb]Rockabye [Em]baby, [Db]Rockabye
[D#]I'm gonna rock you
[Bb]Rockabye [Em]baby, don't you [Db]cry
Rocka[Bb]bye, [Em] no [Db] (rockabye, [D#]rock-a rock-a rockabye)
Rocka[Bb]bye, [Em] [Db] (rockabye, [D#]rock-a rock-a rockabye)
[Bb]Rockabye, [Em]don't but a cry
[Db]Lift up your head, lift it [D#]up to the sky
[Db]Angels are wrong, you [D#]just dry your eyes

(Verse 3)
[Bb]Now she gotta a six year [Em]old
Trying to [Db]keep him warm
[D#]Trying to keep out the [Em]cold
When he [Em]looks her in the eyes. [D]
[D]He don't know he's safe when she says

(Pre-Chorus)
She tells him [Bb]"ooh, love, [Em]no one's ever gonna hurt [Db]you, love
[D#]I'm gonna give you all of [Bb]my love
[Em]Nobody matters like [Db]you" [D#]
She tells him [Bb]"your life [Em]ain't gonna be nothing like [Db]my life
[D#]You're gonna grow and have a [Bb]good life
[Em]I'm gonna do what I've [Db]got to [D#]do"

(Chorus)
So, [Bb]Rockabye [Em]baby, [Db]Rockabye
[D#]I'm gonna rock you
[Bb]Rockabye [Em]baby, don't you [Db]cry
[D#]Somebody's got you
[Bb]Rockabye [Em]baby, [Db]Rockabye
[D#]I'm gonna rock you
[Bb]Rockabye [Em]baby, don't you [Db]cry [D#]
Rocka[Bb]bye (rockabye, [Em]don't but a cry. [Db]Lift up your head, lift it [D#]up to the sky)
Rocka[Bb]bye (rockabye, [Em]don't but a cry. [Db]Angels are wrong, you [D#]just dry your eyes)
Rocka[Bb]bye (rockabye, [Em]don't but a cry. [Db]Lift up your head, lift it [D#]up to the sky)
Rocka[Bb]bye (rockabye, [Em]don't but a cry. [Db]Angels are wrong, you [D#]just dry your eyes)

Outro
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