Nick - Sing Bridge - also sing hey bit with v35 on
Intro - just chords and vox (with some oos in background) the a 'And 2'' pickup
Capo at 7 for original key (C) - Melody for backing in G follows E - 3 0 0 2 - main melody starts on G
BPM 158 [CHORDS] G Em C D
[Verse 1] [G] Here's my story it's sad but true [Em] It's about a girl that I once knew [C] She took my love then ran around [D] With every single guy in town.
[Verse 2] [G] Yeah, I should have known it from the very start, [Em] This girl will leave me with a broken heart. [C] Now listen people what I'm telling you [D] A-keep away from-a Runaround Sue.
[Verse 3] [G] I miss her lips and the smile on her face, [Em] The touch of her hand and this girl's warm embrace. [C] So if you don't wanna cry like I do [D] A-keep away from-a Runaround Sue.
[Bridge] [C] Ah, she likes to travel around, [G] She'll love you but she'll put you down. [C] Now people let me put you wise, [D] Sue goes out with other guys.
[Verse 4] [G] Here's the moral and the story from the guy who knows, [Em] I fell in love and my love still grows. [C] Ask any fool that she ever knew, they'll say [D] Keep away from-a Runaround Sue.
[Bridge] [C] Ah, she likes to travel around, [G] She'll love you but she'll put you down. [C] Now people let me put you wise, [D] She goes out with other guys.
[Verse 5] [G] Here's the moral and the story from that guy who knows, [Em] I fell in love and my love still grows. [C] Ask any fool that she ever knew, they'll say [D] Keep away from-a Runaround Sue.
[Intro] x2 [G] Gsus4 - 355433 355433 355433 (35x433 35x533 35x433) [F] Fsus4 - 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 [G] son 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 [G] fun
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 [F] show her what it's all about We'll get her [C] jacked 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 [F] sing 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 [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 (continue to play drums over) [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 by [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' [D] buckets of stale co [G] logne It's so [Am] hard to see streets on a [Am/G] country road When your [Am/F#] glasses in the garbage And your [D] Continental's just got [G] towed
[Chorus] [G] Gonna take your mama out all night Yeah we'll [F] show her what it's all about We'll get her [C] jacked 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 [F] sing 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]
[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] [G] Gonna take your mama out all night Yeah we'll [F] show her what it's all about We'll get her [C] jacked 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 [F] sing 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]