Key: G
Introduction: G
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When you grow up livin' like a good boy oughta
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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#
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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
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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
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F#
G
You can stay up late 'cause baby you're a full grown man
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G
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It's a struggle livin' like a good boy oughta
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G
In the summer watchin' all the girls pass by
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F
When your mama heard the way that you'd been talking
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G
I tried to tell you that all she'd wanna do is cry
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Am/G
Now we end up takin' the long way home
Am/F#
D
G
Lookin' overdressed wearin' buckets of stale cologne
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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