F       F7       G        G7       C        C7     
    F           F           F           F               F           F7          F7          F7
Verse I
F
Papa's in the kitchen,
G
Mama's in the field
           C
There's a murder in the henhouse
               C7       F
Mud flung high upon the wheels
Verse II
     F
Ol' rooster in the dooryard
           G
He's just leanin' on the horn
         C
With the wind so sweetly driftin'
            C7       F
Through the ripening corn
Chorus
F            G
Hey Me, Hey Mama
          C            F            C
Where you been for so long, for so long?
F            G
Hey Me, Hey Mama
           C               C7          F
Where you been, where you, been for so long?
Verse III
F
There's something outrageous
G
'Bout that evening sky
          C
Just this side of dangerous
     C7           F  
That look in your eye
Verse IV
F
I always knew that you were crazy
       G
Always knew you could be cruel
                  C          
Still, I would do just about anything
       C7        F
In the world for you
Chorus
F            G
Hey Me, Hey Mama
          C            F            C
Where you been for so long, for so long?
F            G
Hey Me, Hey Mama
           C               C7          F
Where you been, where you, been for so long?
Verse V
F
You left me standin' in the corner
        G
With my head so hangin' down
             C 
Punch-drunk, busted up and reelin'
       C7    F
Like a rodeo clown
Verse VI
    F
You always seem to hit me
       G 
Like a lightnin' from above
               C
I guess I just wasn't ready for
       C7           F
Such a heavy-handed love.
Chorus
F            G
Hey Me, Hey Mama
          C            F            C
Where you been for so long, for so long?
F            G
Hey Me, Hey Mama
           C               C7          F
Where you been, where you, been for so long?
Chorus
F            G
Hey Me, Hey Mama
          C            F            C
Where you been for so long, for so long?
F            G
Hey Me, Hey Mama
           C               C7          F