Verse 1
Em
Mama, we all go to hell.
Em B
Mama, we all go to hell.
Am B G
I'm writing this letter and wishing you well,
Em B Em
Mama, we all go to hell.
Verse 2
Em
Oh, well, now,
Mama, we're all gonna die.
Em B
Mama, we're all gonna die.
Am B G
Stop asking me questions, I'd hate to see you cry,
Em B Em
Mama, we're all gonna die.
Chorus:
C
And when we go don't blame us, yeah.
D G
We'll let the fires just bathe us, yeah.
C F
You made us, oh, so famous.
B Em D G
We'll never let you go-ooh-ooh.
G Em D Em
And when you go don't return to me my love.
Verse 3
Em
Mama, we're all full of lies.
Em B
Mama, we're meant for the flies.
Am B G
And right now they're building a coffin your size,
Em B Em
Mama, we're all full of lies.
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Bridge
Am
Well Mother, what the war did to my legs and to my tongue,
Em
You should've raised a baby girl,
B
I should've been a better son.
G
If you could coddle the infection
They can amputate at once.
Am
You should've been,
B Em
I could have been a better son.
Verse 4
Em
Mama, we all go to hell.
Em B
Mama, we all go to hell.
Am
It's really quite pleasant
G
Except for the smell,
Em B Em
Mama, we all go to hell.
Em
And if you would call me your sweetheart,
B
I'd maybe then sing you a song
Am B G
But the shit that I've done with this fuck of a gun,
Em B Em
You would cry out your eyes all along.
Em
We're damned after all.
Am B
Through fortune and flame we fall.
Am B G Em
And if you can stay then I'll show you the way,
B Em
To return from the ashes you call.
Em
We all carry on
Am B
When our brothers in arms are gone
Am
So raise your glass high
B G
For tomorrow we die,
Em B Em
And return from the ashes you call!
