| Bb | Eb | Bb | Eb |
| Lady Ma | donna, | children at your | feet. |
| Bb | Eb | Bb | Gb | Ab | Bb |
| Wonder how you | manage | to | make | ends | meet. |
| Eb | Bb | Eb | |
| Who finds the | money | when you pay the | rent. |
| Bb | Eb | Bb | Gb | Ab | Bb |
| Did you think that | money | was | hea | ven | sent? |
| Ebm | Ab | Db | Bbm |
| Friday night arrives without a | suitcase. | Sunday morning creeping like a | nun. |
| Ebm | Ab7 | Db | Cm7 | F7 |
| Monday's child has learned to tie his | bootlace. | See | how they'll | run. |
| Bb | Eb | Bb | Eb |
| Lady Ma | donna, | baby at your b | reast. |
| Bb | Eb | Bb | Gb | Ab | Bb |
| Wonder how you | manage | to | feet | the | rest. |
| Bb | Eb | Bb | Eb |
| Lady Ma | donna, | lying in your | bed. |
| Bb | Eb | Bb | Gb | Ab | Bb |
| Listen to the | music play | ing | in | your | head. |
| Ebm | Ab | Db | Bbm |
| Tuesday afternoon is never | ending, | wednesday morning papers didn't | come. |
| Ebm | Ab7 | Db | Cm7 | F7 |
| Thursday night your stockings needed | mending. | See | how they'll | run. |
| Bb | Eb | Bb | Eb |
| Lady Ma | donna, | children at your | feet. |
| Bb | Eb | Bb | Gb | Ab | Bb |
| Wonder how you | manage | to | make | ends | meet. |