Chords with lyrics
Verse:
Bb majorBb AbAb
When you grow up livin' like a good boy oughta
C minorCm Bb majorBb
And your mama takes a shine to her best son
Bb majorBb AbAb
Something different all the girls they seem to like you
C minorCm Bb majorBb
Cause you're handsome like to talk and a whole lot of fun
AbAb
But now your girl's gone a missin'
C minorCm Bb majorBb
And your house has got an empty bed
AbAb
The folks'll wonder 'bout the wedding
C minorCm Bb majorBb
They won't listen to a word you said
Chorus:
Bb majorBb
Gonna take your mama out all night
AbAb
Yeah we'll show her what it's all about
Eb MajorEb
We'll get her jacked up on some cheap champagne
Bb majorBb
We'll let the good times all roll out
Bb majorBb
And if the music ain't good, well it's just too bad
AbAb
We're gonna sing along no matter what
Eb MajorEb
Because the dancers don't mind at the New Orleans
Bb majorBb AbAb Ab A augmentedA Bb majorBb
If you tip 'em and they make a cut
Bb majorBb AbAb
Do it -take your mama out all night
C minorCm AbAb Ab A augmentedA Bb majorBb
So she'll have no doubt that we're doing oh the best we can
Bb majorBb AbAb
We're gonna do it -take your mama out all night
C minorCm AbAb Ab A augmentedA Bb majorBb
You can stay up late 'cause baby you're a full grown man
Bb majorBb AbAb C minorCm
Bb majorBb AbAb
It's a struggle livin' like a good boy oughta
C minorCm Bb majorBb
In the summer watchin' all the girls pass by
Bb majorBb AbAb
When your mama heard the way that you'd been talking
C minorCm Bb majorBb
I tried to tell you that all she'd wanna do is cry
Verse:
C minorCm Cm/BbCm/Bb
Now we end up takin' the long way home
Cm/A FF Bb majorBb
Lookin' overdressed wearin' buckets of stale cologne
C minorCm Cm/BbCm/Bb
It's so hard to see streets on a country road
Cm/A
When your glasses in the garbage
FF Bb majorBb
And your Continental's just got towed
Chorus:
Bb majorBb
Gonna take your mama out all night
AbAb
Yeah we'll show her what it's all about
Eb MajorEb
We'll get her jacked up on some cheap champagne
Bb majorBb
We'll let the good times all roll out
Bb majorBb
And if the music ain't good, well it's just too bad
AbAb
We're gonna sing along no matter what
Eb MajorEb
Because the dancers don't mind at the New Orleans
Bb majorBb AbAb Ab A augmentedA Bb majorBb
If you tip 'em and they make a cut
Bridge:
Bb majorBb AbAb
Do it -take your mama out all night
C minorCm Bb majorBb AbAb Ab A augmentedA Bb majorBb
So she'll have no doubt that we're doing oh the best we can
Bb majorBb AbAb
We're gonna do it -take your mama out all night
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb AbAb Ab A augmentedA Bb majorBb
You can stay up late 'cause baby you're a full grown man
Solo:
Bb majorBb AbAb Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb AbAb Eb MajorEb AbAb Ab A augmentedA Bb majorBb
Chorus:
Bb majorBb
Gonna take your mama out all night
AbAb
Yeah we'll show her what it's all about
C minorCm
We'll get her jacked up on some cheap champagne
Bb majorBb
We'll let the good times all roll out
Bb majorBb
And if the music ain't good, well it's just too bad
AbAb
We're gonna sing along no matter what
C minorCm
Because the dancers don't mind at the New Orleans
Bb majorBb AbAb Ab A augmentedA Bb majorBb
If you tip 'em and they make a cut