Original recorded version is in Bb. For this version, capo up 3 frets (you can hear
the high Bb note on the high E string, made by using a G formation on the 6th fret).
They probably actually play it in "B" tuned down 1/2 step, but this is an easy way to
do the Am descending bass pattern.
All chords are choked off with the heel of your pick hand for the choppy rhythm feel
(chords relative to the capo up 3 frets)
[G]
355433
[Gsus4]
355533
[F]
133211
[Fsus4]
133311
[Am]
X02210
Am sus2
X02200
[Am/G]
3X2210
[Am/F#]
2X2210
[D]
XX0232
[C]
33555X
[F#]
244322
[Intro] x2
G Gsus4 (pull off back to G)
F Fsus4 (pull off back to F)
Am Am9 (hammer on back to Am)
(repeat these figures throughout verses)
Verse
[G] [F]
When you grow up livin' like a good boy oughta
[Am] [G]
And your mama takes a shine to her best son
[G] [F]
Something different all the girls they seem to like you
[Am] [G]
Cause you're handsome like to talk and a whole lot of fun
[Am] [Am/G]
But now your girl's gone a missin'
[Am/F#] [D] [G]
And your house has got an empty bed
[Am] [Am/G]
The folks'll wonder 'bout the wedding
[Am/F#] [D] [G]
They won't listen to a word you said
Chorus
[G]
Gonna take your mama out all night
[F]
Yeah we'll show her what it's all about
[C]
We'll get her jacked up on some cheap champagne
[G]
We'll let the good times all roll out
[G]
And if the music ain't good, well it's just too bad
[F]
We're gonna sing along no matter what
[C]
Because the dancers don't mind at the New Orleans
[G] [F] [F] [F#] [G]
If you tip 'em and they make a cut
[G] [F]
Do it -take your mama out all night
[C] [G] [F] [F] [F#] [G]
So she'll have no doubt that we're doing oh the best we can
[G] [F]
We're gonna do it -take your mama out all night
[C] [G] [F] [F] [F#] [G]
You can stay up late 'cause baby you're a full grown man
[G] [F] [Am]
[G] [F]
It's a struggle livin' like a good boy oughta
[Am] [G]
In the summer watchin' all the girls pass by
[G] [F]
When your mama heard the way that you'd been talking
[Am] [G]
I tried to tell you that all she'd wanna do is cry
Verse
[Am] [Am/G]
Now we end up takin' the long way home
[Am/F#] [D] [G]
Lookin' overdressed wearin' buckets of stale cologne
[Am] [Am/G]
It's so hard to see streets on a country road
[Am/F#]
When your glasses in the garbage
[D] [G]
And your Continental's just got towed
Chorus
[G]
Gonna take your mama out all night
[F]
Yeah we'll show her what it's all about
[C]
We'll get her jacked up on some cheap champagne
[G]
We'll let the good times all roll out
[G]
And if the music ain't good, well it's just too bad
[F]
We're gonna sing along no matter what
[C]
Because the dancers don't mind at the New Orleans
[G] [F] [F] [F#] [G]
If you tip 'em and they make a cut
Bridge
[G] [F]
Do it -take your mama out all night
[C] [G] [F] [F] [F#] [G]
So she'll have no doubt that we're doing oh the best we can
[G] [F]
We're gonna do it -take your mama out all night
[C] [G] [F] [F] [F#] [G]
You can stay up late 'cause baby you're a full grown man
Solo
[G] [F] [C] [G] [F] [C] [F] [F] [F#] [G]
Chorus
[G]
Gonna take your mama out all night
[F]
Yeah we'll show her what it's all about
[C]
We'll get her jacked up on some cheap champagne
[G]
We'll let the good times all roll out
[G]
And if the music ain't good, well it's just too bad
[F]
We're gonna sing along no matter what
[C]
Because the dancers don't mind at the New Orleans
[G] [F] [F] [F#] [G]
If you tip 'em and they make a cut
