Am   C     Am      C        Am  C     E7
Mama gonna bargain with the 'ol cook pot
E7
Try to get more than what that bowler got
      Am   C   Am  C     Am       C      E7
Don't trim no fat, pulls potatoes from a box
E7                                   Am
Mama gonna bargain with the 'ol cook pot

Am   C     Am    C    Am C  E7
Mama gonna water that gravy down
E7
Got to make enough to go around
     Am   C      Am  C   Am  C           E7
With five mouths to feed and Papa in the ground
E7                          Am
Mama gonna water that gravy down

      Dm                 Am     C
Well, thank the Lord and sit up straight
E7                     Am        C
Mind your manners and clean your plate
      Dm                    Am    C
Don't ask for seconds savor every drop
Am             E7                                     Am
'Cause there's nothin' more comin' from that ol' cook pot

Am   C   Am  C    Am    C    E7
E7
Am   C   Am  C    Am    C    E7
E7 Am

n/c Am     C     Am      C    Am      C    E7
Now Mama's gonna bargain with the ol' cook pot
E7
Pray to the Maker, make the hunger stop
    Am    C      Am   C    Am   C     E7
And ask a little more than what we've got
E7                                       Am
Oh, Mama gonna bargain with the ol' cook pot

      Dm                 Am     C
Well, thank the Lord and sit up straight
E7                     Am        C
Mind your manners and clean your plate
      Dm                    Am    C
Don't ask for seconds savor every drop
Am             E7
'Cause there's nothin' more comin', nothing more comin', no more

Am   C     Am      C        Am  C     E7
Mama gonna bargain with the 'ol cook pot
E7
Try to get more than what that bowler got
      Am   C   Am  C     Am       C      E7
Don't trim no fat, pulls potatoes from a box
E7                                   Am
Mama gonna bargain with the 'ol cook pot
E7                                   Am
Mama gonna bargain with the 'ol cook pot
E7                                   Am
Mama gonna bargain with the 'ol cook pot