Take Your Mama


Capo 1st Tuning EADGBe Chord Names Relative to capo A= 577655 G= 355433 Cm= 799777 E= 022100 D= X57775 INTRO A G Cm A X2 A G When you grow up / Livin' like a good boy oughta Cm A And your mama / Takes a shine to her best son A G Something different / All the girls they seem to like you Cm A Cause you're handsome / Like to talk and a whole lot of fun Cm A But now your girl's gone a missin' G E A And your house has got an empty bed Cm A The folks'll wonder 'bout the wedding G E A They won't listen to a word you said A Gonna take your mama out all night G Yeah we'll show her what it's all about D We'll get her jacked up on some cheap champagne A We'll let the good times all roll out A And if the music ain't good, well it's just too bad G We're gonna sing along no matter what D Because the dancers don't mind at the New Orleans A If you tip 'em and they make a cut A Do it G Take your mama out all night D A So she'll have no doubt that we're doing oh the best we can A We're gonna do it G Take your mama out all night D A You can stay up late 'cause baby you're a full grown man A G Cm A A G It's a struggle / Livin' like a good boy oughta Cm A In the summer / Watchin' all the girls pass by A G When your mama / Heard the way that you'd been talking Cm A I tried to tell you / That all she'd wanna do is cry Cm A Now we end up takin' the long way home G E A Lookin' overdressed wearin' buckets of stale cologne Cm A It's so hard to see streets on a country road G When your glasses in the garbage E A And your Continental's just got towed A Gonna take your mama out all night G Yeah we'll show her what it's all about D We'll get her jacked up on some cheap champagne A We'll let the good times all roll out A And if the music ain't good, well it's just too bad G We're gonna sing along no matter what D Because the dancers don't mind at the New Orleans A If you tip 'em and they make a cut A Do it G Take your mama out all night D A So she'll have no doubt that we're doing oh the best we can A We're gonna do it G Take your mama out all night D A You can stay up late 'cause baby you're a full grown man