[Intro BPM 159 - Just bass drum - then repeat with full drums] [Bm][Bm][D][D/C#] - [Bm][Bm][D][D/C#] [G][G][F#][F#] - [E][E][D][D/C#] [Repeat]
[Verse - Full drums] [Bm] oha, watching the people get [D] larey, it's [E] not very pretty i [Bm] tell thee [Bm] walking through town is quite [D] scary and [E] not very sensible [Bm] either
[Bm] a friend of a friend he got [D] beaten, he [E] looked the wrong way at a po [Bm] lice man [Bm] would never have happened to [D] smeaton and [E] old leodensian
[Chorus - G to C bass run - A-23 D-0] [G] i predict a riot, .....[C]i predict a [G] riot [C*] [G] i predict a riot, .....[C]i predict a [G] riot [C*]
[Verse] [Bm] oha, i tried to get in my [D] taxi, [E] man in a tracksuit at [Bm] tacks me [Bm] he said that he saw it be [D] fore me, he [E] wants to get things a bit [Bm] gory
[Bm] girls run around with no [D] clothes on to [E] borrow a pound for a [Bm] condom [Bm] if wasn't for chip fat they'd be [D] frozen, they're [E] not very sensible
[Chorus] [G] i predict a riot, [C]i predict a [G] riot [C*] [G] i predict a riot, [C]i predict a [G] riot [C*] and if there's [C#] anybody left in [B] here who that [A] doesn't want to be out [G] there....(4 bars).............................
[Verse - No drums] [Bm] oha, watching the people get [D] larey, it's [E] not very pretty i [Bm] tell thee [Bm] walking through town is quite [D] scary and [E] not very sensible
[Chorus] [G] i predict a riot, [C]i predict a [G] riot [C*] [G] i predict a riot, [C]i predict a [G] riot [C*] and if there's [C#] anybody left in [B] here who that [A] doesn't want to be out [G] there [C] i predict a [G] riot, [C]i predict a [G] riot [C] i predict a [G] riot, [C]i predict a [G] riot [C] [G] [End]
[Intro] x2 [G] Gsus4 (pull off back to G) - 355433 35x533 [F] Fsus4 (pull off back to F) - same approach as G [Am] Am9 (hammer on back to Am - or play x02200) (repeat these figures throughout verses)
[Verse] When you [G] grow up livin' like a good boy [F] oughta And your [Am] mama takes a shine to her best s [G] on Something [G] different all the girls they seem to [F] like you Cause you're [Am] handsome like to talk and a whole lot of f [G] un
But now your [Am] girl's gone a m [Am/G] issin' And your [Am/F#] house has got an [D] empty [G] bed The folks'll [Am] wonder 'bout the [Am/G] wedding They won't [Am/F#] listen to a [D] word you [G] said
[Chorus] [G] Gonna take your mama out all night Yeah we'll s [F] how her what it's all about We'll get her j [C] acked up on some cheap champagne We'll let the [G] good times all roll out And if the [G] music ain't good, well it's just too bad We're gonna s [F] ing along no matter what Because the [C] dancers don't mind at the New Orleans If you tip ' [G] em and they make a cut [F][F][F#][G]
[G] Do it -take your mama [F] out all night So she'll [C] have no doubt that we're doing oh the best we [G] can [F][F][F#][G] We're gonna d [G] o it -take your mama [F] out all night You can [C] stay up late 'cause baby you're a full grown [G] man [F][F][F#][G]
[Repeat intro] - G F Am
[Verse] It's a [G] struggle livin' like a good boy ou [F] ghta In the [Am] summer watchin' all the girls pass b [G] When your [G] mama heard the way that you'd been [F] talking I tried to tell [Am] you that all she'd wanna do is [G] cry
Now we [Am] end up takin' the long [Am/G] way home [Am/F#] Lookin' overdressed wearin' bu [D] ckets of stale co [G] logne It's so [Am] hard to see streets on a c [Am/G] ountry road When your [Am/F#] glasses in the garbage And your [D] Continental's just got [G] towed
[Chorus] Gonna [G] take your mama out all night Yeah we'll [F] show her what it's all about We'll get her j [C] acked up on some cheap champagne We'll let the g [G] ood times all roll out And if the [G] music ain't good, well it's just too bad We're gonna s [F] ing along no matter what Because the [C] dancers don't mind at the New Orleans If you [G] tip 'em and they make a cut [F][F][F#][G]
[Bridge] [G] Do it - take your mama [F] out all night So she'll [C] have no doubt that we're doing oh the best we [G] can [F][F][F#][G] We're gonna [G] do it -take your mama [F] out all night You can [C] stay up late 'cause baby you're a full grown [G] man [F][F][F#][G]
[Solo - Repeat intro riff] G F C G F C F F F# G
[Chorus] Gonna [G] take your mama out all night Yeah we'll [F] show her what it's all about We'll get her j [C] acked up on some cheap champagne We'll let the g [G] ood times all roll out And if the [G] music ain't good, well it's just too bad We're gonna s [F] ing along no matter what Because the [C] dancers don't mind at the New Orleans If you [G] tip 'em and they make a cut [F][F][F#][G]
