Key: G
Introduction: G G4 F F4 Am Am9
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
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# G
If you tip ' em and they make a cut
G F
Do it -take your mama out all night
C G 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# 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
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
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# G
If you tip ' em and they make a cut
G F
Do it -take your mama out all night
C G 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# G
You can stay up late ' cause baby you' re a full grown man
G F C G F C F F# G
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# G
If you tip ' em and they make a cut