Momma, Where's My Daddy (Keb' Mo')

from the album Just Like You

tabbed by Kay-Uwe Graw (kugraw@rostock.igd.fhg.de) on the 21st of March 1999

some lyrics corrections by Rudy Martin (rmartin@jacksonkelly.com)


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Playing Notes:

/ - slide up
\ - slide down
s - slide between notes
p - pull off
h - hammer on
b - bend note
* - played without slide

played in Open G (D G D G B D from low to high)

   (*                     *)                                 (* *) 
D-|-------0------------0---------(5)/9~-9-9-9-s-5--5--5---0-----------------|
B-|----3-----3------3---------------------------------------0-1p0-----------|
G-|----5-----4------2-----3---------------------------------------0---------|
D-|-----------------------4-------------------------------------------------|
G-|-0-----------0------------0---------------------------------------0------|
D-|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|



|----------------------------------------------------------------/5~--------|
|-0-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0---0-------------0---------------/3-0---0-------------------0------0---0-|
|----------------/3-----------------------------------------/3--------------|
|---0---0--0--0--------0--0--0--0--------0----0-----0-------------------0---|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                            Oh mama,       where's my daddy

                                 (*    *)
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------/5-/3------------------------0----/5--3--/5---3p0-------------|
|-------------------/5p0--3-/5----3p0---------------------------------------|
|-------------/5-/3------------0------3b-0----0-/5--3--/5---3p0--------0----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  why don't he ever come around                  mama      where's my daddy

                                     (*    *)
|------/5---------------------------------------/5--------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----0-------0---------------0-----------------------0--0---/3----0---------|
|-/3-----/3----/3---0----/3------/5---3p0------------0------------------/3--|
|------------0----------------------------3b-0-------0----0-----3----0------|
|--------/3-------0---0-----------------------------------------------------|
         is he no - where to be found


|----------------------/5~--------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0---0--------------0---------------------/3-0--0------0--/5---/3----------|
|-----------------/3-----------------------------0--/3--------------/5p0-/3-|
|---0---0---0---0------------0----0----0---------0------0--/5---/3----------|
|---------------------------------------------------/3--------------/5p0----|
         oho mama          where's my daddy         can we call him  on the

         (*    *)
|--------------------------------------------------------/5~----------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------0-------0-/5-0---/5----0--/3p0------0------------0-------|
|--/5--0--3p0--------------------------------------3p0----------/3-----/3---|
|-------------3b-0---------0-/5-0---/5----0--/3p0------------0------0-------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------/3--------0-|
  phone               does he ever thinks about us             does he have

                    (*    *)
|-----------------------------/5~-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------/12~-------------|
|-----------0--/3p0----------------0--0---/3---0-----------/12~-------------|
|-0----/3------------3p0-----------0-----------------------/12~-------------|
|-----------0------------3b-0------0----0----3---0-------0------0----0------|
|---0--/3-------------------------------------------------------------------|
  a   heart of stone                                momma         what's the

                                                (*    *)
|-------------/5~-----------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------/3-0--------------0--/5-/3---------0-------------0---0-------/5----|
|--------------------/3-------------5p0-/3-----0-3p0------------------------|
|--0-----/3-0-----0--------0--/5-/3------------------3b-0---0---------/5----|
|--------------------/3-------------5p0-------------------------------------|
  matter           why's there water in your eyes               do you need

                        (*    *)
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3--0----/3--0--/3-0-------------------------0---/3p0------------0--------|
|------------------------3p0--------0-----/3----------------/3---------/5-0-|
|--3----0--/3--0--/3---0-----3b--0-----------------------0------------------|
|-------------------------------------0---------------------/3--------------|
  him as  much as I do                I love you  mother   please don't cry

 (*    *)
|--------------/5-----------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------0-------0---/3---0---0---------3--/5--/5-/5---0--/3-0---/3p0-----|
|-3p0------------------------------/5---------------------------------------|
|-----3b-0---0-------0----3---0-----------3--/5--/5-/5---0--/3-0---------0--|
|----------------------------------/5--------/5-----------------------------|
                                  where does he come from what does he look
                                                                       like
 
 (* *)                                (*    *)
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------0--/5--/3---------------------------0---0-----------/5-0--/5-0-|
|-3p0----/3------------/5-0--3---/5-----3p0---------------------------------|
|-----0---------/5--/3---------------0------3b-0---0-------------/5-0--/5-0-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
        does he have a face like mine                   and is he ever comin'

           (* *)
|-----------------/5--------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------7----------|
|--/3---0-------0------------0-------------------------7----0-/7------------|
|-----------3p0-------0--/3------/3----0---/3---0--------------------7------|
|--/3---0------------------------------------------/7~---7--0-/7---7--------|
|------------------------------------0---0----0-----------------------------|
  back here          and why he leaves us  here behind                 when


|--------------/5-----------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0---------0--------------------------------------0---/5--/3---0------0---|
|---------/3--------/5--------------------0-0---/3------------------/3------|
|------3----------0---------------------------0---------/5--/3---0----------|
|-------------------/5------------------------------------------------------|
  did you           and daddy get married       was it nineteen and eighty

        (*    *)
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------0---0---/3---0---/5---3----0-------3p0---------0-------0--|
|--/5----3p0------------------------------------/3-----------3p0-----/3-----|
|------0-----3b-0---0---0-/3---0---/5---3----0-------------0-------0-----0--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------/3-----|
 three                    son your daddy and I were married          but he

                           (*    *)
|-------------------------------------/5\------------------------------/5---|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--/5---3---0----------0------------------/3-0--0-0-----------/3--0---------|
|--------------/3--0-----/5--3p0----------------------0---0-----------------|
|--/5---3---0--------------------3b-0-----/3-0--0-0-0---0---0-/3----0-------|
|-------------/3--0---------------------------------------------------------|
  just wasn't married to me                                   oho mama


|----------------------/12~-------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---/3----0----------0-------------0------/5-3--0-----------0----------0---0|
|-----------------/3------------------------------0--3--/5----3p0-----------|
|---/3----0-----------------0-------------/5-3--------------------3b-0---0--|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 where's my daddy             why don't he ever come around

                                   (*       *)
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---0---/5-/3p0-/5-/3----------0----------------0---0----0----------------0-|
|-----------------------------------3p0-0h3-/5--------/3----/3-----0---/3---|
|-0---0-/5-/3p0-/5-/3------------0----------------0-------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------/3-------0------|
         mama      where's my daddy                   is he no - where to be

          (*    *)        (*               *)
|---------------------/5~----0----------0------(5)/9~---|
|--------------------------3----3----3------------------|
|--------------------------5----4----2-----3------------|
|---/5-----3p0------0----------------------4------------|
|-------0------3b-0---------------0---------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
  found

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