IntroAmFGC
Call it love and devotion
Am
Call it the mom’s adoration
F
Foundation
GCA special bond of creation, hah
AmFGC
For all the single mums out there going through frustration
FDmE
Clean Bandit, Sean-da-Paul, Anne-Marie sing mek dem hear
Verse 1AmFGEm
She works the night, by the water
AmF
She's gone astray, so far away
GEm
From her father's daughter
AmFGEm
She just wants a life for her baby
AmF
All on her own, no one will come
GEm
She's got to save him (daily struggle)
Pre-ChorusAmFG
She tells him "ooh, love, no one's ever gonna hurt you, love
EmAm
I'm gonna give you all of my love
FGEm
Nobody matters like you"
AmFG
She tells him "your life ain't gonna be nothing like my life
EmAm
You're gonna grow and have a good life
FGEm
I'm gonna do what I've got to do"
ChorusAmFG
So, Rockabye baby, Rockabye
Em
I'm gonna rock you
AmFG
Rockabye baby, don't you cry
Em
Somebody's got you
AmFG
Rockabye baby, Rockabye
Em
I'm gonna rock you
AmFG
Rockabye baby, don't you cry
AmFGEm
Rockabye, no (rockabye, rock-a rock-a rockabye)
AmFGEm
Rockabye, (rockabye, rock-a rock-a rockabye)
Verse 2AmF
Single mom, how you doing out there
GEm
Facing the hard life, without no fear
AmF
Just see and know that you really care
GEm
Cause any obstacle come yu well prepared
AmF
And no mama, you never shed tear
GEm
Cause you have to set things year and to year
AmF
And you give the youth love beyond compare
GEm
You find the school fee and the bus fare
AmF
Mmm all when the paps' disappear
GEm
In a rum bar can’t find him nowhere
AmF
Steadily you work flow, heavily you know
GEm
So you nah stop no time, no time fi a jear
AmF
Now she gotta a six year old
G
Trying to keep him warm
EmAm
Trying to keep out the cold
F
When he looks in her eyes
GEm
He don't know he's safe
Pre-ChorusAmFG
When she says "ooh, love, no one's ever gonna hurt you, love
EmAm
I'm gonna give you all of my love
FGEm
Nobody matters like you"
ChorusAmFG
So, Rockabye baby, Rockabye
Em
I'm gonna rock you
AmFG
Rockabye baby, don't you cry
Em
Somebody's got you
AmFG
Rockabye baby, Rockabye
Em
I'm gonna rock you
AmFG
Rockabye baby, don't you cry
AmFGEm
Rockabye, no (rockabye, rock-a rock-a rockabye)
AmFGEm
Rockabye, (rockabye, rock-a rock-a rockabye)
AmF
Rockabye, don't bother cry
GEm
Lift up your head, lift it up to the sky
AmF
Rockabye, don't bother cry
GEm
Angels around, you just dry your eyes
Verse 3AmF
Now she gotta a six year old
G
Trying to keep him warm
EmF
Trying to keep out the cold
FE
When he looks her in the eyes
E
He don't know he's safe when she says
Pre-ChorusAmFG
She tells him "ooh, love, no one's ever gonna hurt you, love
EmAm
I'm gonna give you all of my love
FGEm
Nobody matters like you"
AmFG
She tells him "your life ain't gonna be nothing like my life
EmAm
You're gonna grow and have a good life
FGEm
I'm gonna do what I've got to do"
ChorusAmFG
So, Rockabye baby, Rockabye
Em
I'm gonna rock you
AmFG
Rockabye baby, don't you cry
Em
Somebody's got you
AmFG
Rockabye baby, Rockabye
Em
I'm gonna rock you
AmFGEm
Rockabye baby, don't you cry
AmFGEm
Rockabye (rockabye, don't bother cry. Lift up your head, lift it up to the sky)
AmFGEm
Rockabye (rockabye, don't bother cry. Angels around, you just dry your eyes)
AmFGEm
Rockabye (rockabye, don't bother cry. Lift up your head, lift it up to the sky)
AmFGEm
Rockabye (rockabye, don't bother cry. Angels around, you just dry your eyes)
OutroAmFGCFDmE
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.