| E | A | B7 |
| I wonder why nob | ody don't l | ike me |
| E | A | B7 |
| Or is it the f | act that I'm | ugly? |
| E | A | B7 |
| I wonder why nob | ody don't l | ike me |
| E | A | B7 |
| Or is it the f | act that I'm | ugly? |
| E | B7 |
| I leave my wh | ole house and home |
| E | B7 |
| My children d | on't want me no more |
| E | B7 |
| Bad talk ins | ide de house dey bring |
| E | B7 |
| And when I t | alk they start to sing: |
| E |
| Mama, look a boo-boo they shout |
| A | |
| Their mother t | ell them shut up your mout' |
| E | |
| That is your d | addy, oh, no |
| B7 | E | |
| My d | addy can't be ugly s | o |
| E |
| Shut your mout', Go away |
| B7 | |
| Mama, look at b | oo-boo dey |
| E |
| Shut your mout', Go away |
| B7 | |
| Mama, look at b | oo-boo dey |
| E | A | B7 |
| I couldn't even d | igest me s | upper |
| E | A | B7 |
| Due to the ch | ildren's beh | avior |
| E | A | B7 |
| John (Yes, pa) c | ome here a m | oment |
| E | A | B7 |
| Bring de belt, you're m | uch too | impudent |
| E | B7 |
| John says it's J | ames who started first |
| E | B7 |
| James tells the st | ory in reverse |
| E | B7 |
| I drag my b | elt from off me waist |
| E | B7 |
| You should hear them scr | eamin' round de place |
| E |
| Mama, look a boo-boo they shout |
| A | |
| Their mother t | ell them shut up your mout' |
| E | |
| That is your d | addy, oh, no |
| B7 | E | |
| My d | addy can't be ugly s | o |
| E |
| Shut your mout', Go away |
| B7 | |
| Mama, look at b | oo-boo dey |
| E |
| Shut your mout', Go away |
| B7 | |
| Mama, look at b | oo-boo dey |
| E | A | B7 |
| So I began to q | uestion the m | other |
| E | A | B7 |
| These children ain't g | ot no beh | avior |
| E | A | B7 |
| So I began to q | uestion the m | other |
| E | A | B7 |
| These children ain't g | ot no beh | avior |
| E | B7 |
| They're playing with y | ou my wife declared |
| E | B7 |
| You should be pr | oud of them, my dear |
| E | B7 |
| These children were t | aught too bloomin' slack |
| E | B7 |
| That ain't no k | ind of joke to crack |
| E |
| Mama, look a boo-boo they shout |
| A | |
| Their mother t | ell them shut up your mout' |
| E | |
| That is your d | addy, oh, no |
| B7 | E | |
| My d | addy can't be ugly s | o |
| E |
| Shut your mout', Go away |
| B7 | |
| Mama, look at b | oo-boo dey |
| E |
| Shut your mout', Go away |
| B7 | |
| Mama, look at b | oo-boo dey |
| E |
| Shut your mout'! |
