Intro: B A C#m B {x 2}
B A
When you grow up / Livin' like a good boy oughta
C#m B
And your mama / Takes a shine to her best son
B A
Something different / All the girls they seem to like you
C#m B
Cause you're handsome / Like to talk and a whole lot of fun
C#m E/B bass note
But now your girl's gone a missin'
F#7/A# bass F#7/F# bass B
And your house has got an empty bed
C#m E/B bass note
The folks'll wonder 'bout the wedding
F#7/A# bass F#7/F# bass B
They won't listen to a word you said
B
Gonna take your mama out all night
A
Yeah we'll show her what it's all about
E
We'll get her jacked up on some cheap champagne
B
We'll let the good times all roll out
B
And if the music ain't good, well it's just too bad
A
We're gonna sing along no matter what
E
Because the dancers don't mind at the New Orleans
B (small briddge riff)A A A Bb B
If you tip 'em and they make a cut
B
Do it
A
Take your mama out all night
E B
So she'll have no doubt that we're doing oh the best we can A A A Bb B
B
We're gonna do it
A
Take your mama out all night
E B
You can stay up late 'cause baby you're a full grown man A A A Bb B
Intro
It's a struggle / Livin' like a good boy oughta
In the summer / Watchin' all the girls pass by
When your mama / Heard the way that you'd been talking
I tried to tell you / That all she'd wanna do is cry
Now we end up takin' the long way home
Lookin' overdressed wearin' buckets of stale cologne
It's so hard to see streets on a country road
When your glasses in the garbage
And your Continental's just got towed
{Repeat Chorus x 2}