Rockabye Uke tab by Clean Bandit

7 Chords used in the song: Am, F, G, C, Dm, E, Em

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3.93
(Intermediate)
Key: AmChords
[Intro]
Am Am F F G G C C
Call it love and devotion
Am Am
Call it the mom’s adoration
F F
Foundation
G G C C
A A special bond of creation, hah
Am Am F F G G C C
For all the single mums out there going through frustration
F F Dm Dm E E
Clean Bandit, Sean-da-Paul, Anne-Marie


[Verse 1]
Am Am F F G G Em Em
She works the night, by the water
Am Am F F
She's gone astray, so far away
G G Em Em
From her father's daughter
Am Am F F G G Em Em
She just wants a life for her baby
Am Am F F
All on her own, no one will come
G G Em Em
She's got to save him (daily struggle)


[Pre-Chorus]
Am Am F F G G
She tells him "ooh, love, no one's ever gonna hurt you, love
Em Em Am Am
I'm gonna give you all of my love
F F G G Em Em
Nobody matters like you"
Am Am F F G G
She tells him "your life ain't gonna be nothing like my life
Em Em Am Am
You're gonna grow and have a good life
F F G G Em Em
I'm gonna do what I've got to do"


[Chorus]
Am Am F F G G
So, Rockabye baby, Rockabye
Em Em
I'm gonna rock you
Am Am F F G G
Rockabye baby, don't you cry
Em Em
Somebody's got you
Am Am F F G G
Rockabye baby, Rockabye
Em Em
I'm gonna rock you
Am Am F F G G
Rockabye baby, don't you cry
Am Am F F G G Em Em
Rockabye, no (rockabye, rock-a rock-a rockabye)
Am Am F F G G Em Em
Rockabye, (rockabye, rock-a rock-a rockabye)


[Verse 2]
Am Am F F
Single mama you doing out there
G G Em Em
Facing the hard life, without no fear
Am Am F F
Just so you know that you really care
G G Em Em
Cause any obstacle come you’re well prepared
Am Am F F
And no mama, you never shed tear
G G Em Em
Cause you have to set things year and to year
Am Am F F
And you give the youth love beyond compare
G G Em Em
You find his school fee and the bus fare
Am Am F F
Mmm Marie, the paps' disappear
G G Em Em
In the round back can’t find him nowhere
Am Am F F
Steadily you work flow, everything you know
G G Em Em
You know say you nuh stop the time fi a jear

Am Am F F
Now she gotta a six year old
G G
Trying to keep him warm
Em Em Am Am
Trying to keep out the cold
F F
When he looks in her eyes
G G Em Em
He don't know he's safe


[Pre-Chorus]
Am Am F F G G
When she says "ooh, love, no one's ever gonna hurt you, love
Em Em Am Am
I'm gonna give you all of my love
F F G G Em Em
Nobody matters like you"


[Chorus]
Am Am F F G G
So, Rockabye baby, Rockabye
Em Em
I'm gonna rock you
Am Am F F G G
Rockabye baby, don't you cry
Em Em
Somebody's got you
Am Am F F G G
Rockabye baby, Rockabye
Em Em
I'm gonna rock you
Am Am F F G G
Rockabye baby, don't you cry
Am Am F F G G Em Em
Rockabye, no (rockabye, rock-a rock-a rockabye)
Am Am F F G G Em Em
Rockabye, (rockabye, rock-a rock-a rockabye)
Am Am F F
Rockabye, don't but a cry
G G Em Em
Lift up your head, lift it up to the sky
Am Am F F
Rockabye, don't but a cry
G G Em Em
Angels are wrong, you just dry your eyes


[Verse 3]
Am Am F F
Now she gotta a six year old
G G
Trying to keep him warm
Em Em F F
Trying to keep out the cold
F F E E
When he looks her in the eyes
E E
He don't know he's safe when she says


[Pre-Chorus]
Am Am F F G G
She tells him "ooh, love, no one's ever gonna hurt you, love
Em Em Am Am
I'm gonna give you all of my love
F F G G Em Em
Nobody matters like you"
Am Am F F G G
She tells him "your life ain't gonna be nothing like my life
Em Em Am Am
You're gonna grow and have a good life
F F G G Em Em
I'm gonna do what I've got to do"


[Chorus]
Am Am F F G G
So, Rockabye baby, Rockabye
Em Em
I'm gonna rock you
Am Am F F G G
Rockabye baby, don't you cry
Em Em
Somebody's got you
Am Am F F G G
Rockabye baby, Rockabye
Em Em
I'm gonna rock you
Am Am F F G G Em Em
Rockabye baby, don't you cry
Am Am F F G G Em Em
Rockabye (rockabye, don't but a cry. Lift up your head, lift it up to the sky)
Am Am F F G G Em Em
Rockabye (rockabye, don't but a cry. Angels are wrong, you just dry your eyes)
Am Am F F G G Em Em
Rockabye (rockabye, don't but a cry. Lift up your head, lift it up to the sky)
Am Am F F G G Em Em
Rockabye (rockabye, don't but a cry. Angels are wrong, you just dry your eyes)


[Outro]
Am Am F F G G C C
F F Dm Dm E E

Uke tab by , 12 Mar 2017

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