(Intro)
[Am] Call it [F] love and devotion [G] [C]
Call it the mom’s [Am] adoration
Foundation [F]
A special [G] bond of creation[C] , hah
[Am] For [F] all the single mums out
[G] there going through [C] frustration
Clean [F] Bandit, Sean-da-[Dm] Paul, Anne-[E] Marie
(Verse 1)
She works the [Am] night,[F] by the [G] water [Em]
She's gone [Am] astray, so far [F] away
From her father's [G] daughter [Em]
She just wants a [Am] life[F] for her [G] baby [Em]
All on her [Am] own, no one will [F] come
She's got to [G] save him (daily [Em] struggle)
(Pre-Chorus)
She tells him [Am] "ooh, love, [F]
no one's ever gonna hurt [G] you, love
[Em] I'm gonna give you all of [Am] my love
[F] Nobody matters like [G] you" [Em]
She tells him [Am] "your life [F] ain't
gonna be nothing like [G] my life
[Em] You're gonna grow and have a [Am] good life
[F] I'm gonna do what I've [G] got to [Em] do"
(Chorus)
So, [Am] Rockabye [F] baby, [G] Rockabye
[Em] I'm gonna rock you
[Am] Rockabye [F] baby, don't you [G] cry
[Em] Somebody's got you
[Am] Rockabye [F] baby, [G] Rockabye
[Em] I'm gonna rock you
[Am] Rockabye [F] baby, don't you [G] cry
Rockabye[Am] , [F] no [G] (rockabye, [Em] rock-a rock-a rockabye)
[Am] Rockabye, [F] [G] (rockabye, [Em] rock-a rock-a rockabye)
(Verse 2)
[Am] Single mama you [F] doing out there
[G] Facing the hard life, [Em] without no fear
[Am] Just so you know that [F] you really care
Cause [G] any obstacle come [Em] you’re well prepared
[Am] And no mama, you [F] never shed tear
Cause [G] you have to set things [Em] year and to year
And [Am] you give the youth love [F] beyond compare
[G] You find his school fee [Em] and the bus fare
[Am] Mmm Marie, the [F] paps' disappear
[G] In the round back can’t [Em] find him nowhere
[Am] Steadily you work flow, [F] everything you know
[G] You know say you nuh stop the [Em] time fi a jear
[Am] Now she gotta a six year [F] old
Trying to [G] keep him warm
[Em] Trying to keep out the [Am] cold
When he [F] looks in her eyes
[G] He don't know he's [Em] safe
(Pre-Chorus)
When she says [Am] "ooh, love, [F] no
one's ever gonna hurt [G] you, love
[Em] I'm gonna give you all of [Am] my love
[F] Nobody matters like [G] you" [Em]
(Chorus)
So, [Am] Rockabye [F] baby, [G] Rockabye
[Em] I'm gonna rock you
[Am] Rockabye [F] baby, don't you [G] cry
[Em] Somebody's got you
[Am] Rockabye [F] baby, [G] Rockabye
[Em] I'm gonna rock you
[Am] Rockabye [F] baby, don't you [G] cry
Rocka[Am] bye, [F] no [G] (rockabye, [Em] rock-a rock-a rockabye)
Rocka[Am] bye, [F] [G] (rockabye, [Em] rock-a rock-a rockabye)
[Am] Rockabye, [F] don't but a cry
[G] Lift up your head, lift it [Em] up to the sky
[G] Angels are wrong, you [Em] just dry your eyes
(Verse 3)
[Am] Now she gotta a six year [F] old
Trying to [G] keep him warm
[Em] Trying to keep out the [F] cold
When he [F] looks her in the eyes. [E]
[E] He don't know he's safe when she says
(Pre-Chorus)
She tells him [Am] "ooh, love, [F] no
one's ever gonna hurt [G] you, love
[Em] I'm gonna give you all of [Am] my love
[F] Nobody matters like [G] you" [Em]
She tells him [Am] "your life [F] ain't
gonna be nothing like [G] my life
[Em] You're gonna grow and have a [Am] good life
[F] I'm gonna do what I've [G] got to [Em] do"
(Chorus)
So, [Am] Rockabye [F] baby, [G] Rockabye
[Em] I'm gonna rock you
[Am] Rockabye [F] baby, don't you [G] cry
[Em] Somebody's got you
[Am] Rockabye [F] baby, [G] Rockabye
[Em] I'm gonna rock you
[Am] Rockabye [F] baby, don't you [G] cry [Em]
Rocka[Am] bye (rockabye, [F] don't but a cry. [G]
Lift up your head, lift it [Em] up to the sky)
Rocka[Am] bye (rockabye, [F] don't but a cry. [G]
Angels are wrong, you [Em] just dry your eyes)
Rocka[Am] bye (rockabye, [F] don't but a cry. [G]
Lift up your head, lift it [Em] up to the sky)
Rocka[Am] bye (rockabye, [F] don't but a cry. [G]
Angels are wrong, you [Em] just dry your eyes)
Outro
[Am] [F] [G] [C]
[F] [Dm] [E]