Mama Told Me Not To Come chords by Odetta

• Difficulty: Beginner

🎸 Intro:

E  E7 / E   E7 / E  E7 /
E  E7 / E   E7 / E  E7 /




🎸 Verse :

E            E7
Will You Have whiskey With Your Water?
E        E7
Or sugar With your tea?
E        E7        E        E7
What Are these crazy questions You’re askin' me?
E          E7        E         E7
Oh This is the Wildest party that I Ever Did See
E              E7      E      E7
Don't turn on the lights 'cause I don't wanna see

🎸 Chorus:

E    E7    A7    C
And Mama told me not to come
E     E7    A7    C
Mama told me not to come
E    E7    A7    C
She Said "That ain't the way to have fun
Woah~"




🎸 Verse :

E        E7        E        E7
Open up the window And let some air into this room
E        E7        E        E7
I think I'm chokin' On the smell of stale perfume
     E        E7          E       E7
And that cigarette you're smokin' 'bout scare me half to death
E          E7          E       E7
Open up the window let me catch-a my breath


🎸 Chorus:

E    E7    A7    C
And Mama told me not to come
E    E7    A7    C
Mama told me not to come
E    E7    A7      C
She said "That ain't the way to have fun, no"
E    E7    A7      C
"That ain't the way to have fun
Woah~"


🎸 Interlude:
E    E7    A7    C
E    E7    A7    C
E    E7    A7    C
E    E7    A7    C




🎸 Verse :

E          E7          E         E7
The radio is blastin', someone's knockin' On the door
  E          E7          E        E7
The hostess - My Last And she's passed out on the floor
E          E7          E        E7
I seen so many things I ain't never seen before
E          E7          E        E7
I Don't know what it is - I don't wanna see no more


🎸 Chorus:

  E    E7    A7    C
And Mama told me not to come
E    E7    A7    C
My Mama told me not to come
E        E7        A7        C
She said, "That ain't the way to have fun, no"
E        E7        A7        C
"That ain't the way to have fun, no"


🎸 Outro:

E        E7        A7        C
"That ain't the way to have fun, no"
E        E7        A7        C
"That ain't the way to have fun, son"
E        E7        A7        C
"That ain't the way to have fun, no"
E        E7        A7        C
"That ain't the way to have fun, son"