INTRO: C 
 
#1. 
C 
That crooked lawyer, that son of a gun, he took  
             G 
my woman and away they run. 
                                      Gm 
She took my money and he took my car, and left me  
              C 
stranded here behind these bars. 
C 
They're off having them a swinging spree, but I'm  
                  F 
worried bout them swinging me. 
                         C                G 
Bars won't hold me but a little while, if mama don't  
            C 
forget that file. 
 
CHORUS: 
         G 
Oh, mama bake (mama bake) a sugar cake (a sugar cake) 
 
for your loving child. 
                  C 
Oh-ho-ho-ho, mama bake (mama bake) a sugar cake  
                                        F 
(a sugar cake) for your poor imprisoned child. 
                Fm 
Mama bake (mama bake) a sugar cake (a sugar cake).. 
C          A                       Dm 
ohhhh, but mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama,  
      G                       C 
mama, mama, don't forget that file. 
 
#2. 
C 
That crooked lawyer, that son of a gun, he said I  
             G 
had the case all but won. 
G 
My baby said she'd testify for me, that I was innocent  
   C 
as I could be. 
C 
And when she got up on the witness stand, she told  
                  F 
the judge I was a guilty man. 
                  C                   Gm 
Hand in hand they left the trial, oh, mama, don't  
            C 
forget that file. 
 
CHORUS: 
         G 
Oh, mama bake (mama bake) a sugar cake (a sugar cake) 
 
for your loving child. 
                  C 
Oh-ho-ho-ho, mama bake (mama bake) a sugar cake  
                                        F 
(a sugar cake) for your poor imprisoned child. 
                Fm 
Mama bake (mama bake) a sugar cake (a sugar cake).. 
C          A                       Dm 
ohhhh, but mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama,  
      G                       C 
mama, mama, don't forget that file. 
 
OUTRO: C