[Intro - Just bass drum then full drums come in] F#m F#m B/F# F#m - F#m F#m F#m F#m (horns imply B7/F#)
[Verse 1 - B/F# is on snare] [F#m] The race is on [B/F# - 224442]to get [F#m] out of the bottom, [B/F#] [F#m] The top is so high [B/F#]so your [F#m] roots are forgotten, [B/F#] [F#m] Giving is good [B/F#] as [F#m] long as you're getting, [B/F#] [F#m] What's driving you [B/F#] is am- [F#m] bition and betting [B/F#]
[Bridge:] I said [Gmaj7] who who who who [Em] do you [Bm] think you are? (Do you think you are?) .. I said [Gmaj7] ooo ooo ooo ooo some [Em] kind of [Bm] superstar [F#m7] You have got to
[Chorus:] [F#m] Swing it, shake it, move it, [B/F#]make it, [F#m] who do you think you are? [B/F#] [F#m] Trust it, use it, prove it, [B/F#]groove it, [F#m] show me how good you are [B/F#] [F#m] Swing it, shake it, move it, [B/F#]make it, [F#m] who do you think you are? [B/F#] [F#m] Trust it, use it, prove it, [B/F#]groove it, [F#m] show how good you are! [B/F#]
[Verse 2:] [F#m] You're swelling out [B/F#] in the [F#m] wrong direction [B/F#] [F#m] You've got the bug, [B/F#] super [F#m] star you've been bitten, [B/F#] [F#m] Your trumpet's blowing [B/F#] for [F#m] far too long [B/F#] [F#m] Climbing the snake [B/F#] up the [F#m] ladder, but you're [B/F#] wrong
[Bridge:] [Gmaj7] who who who who [Em] do you [Bm] think you are? (Do you think you are?) .. I said [Gmaj7] ooo ooo ooo ooo some [Em] kind of [Bm] superstar [F#m7] You have got to
[Chorus:] [F#m] Swing it, shake it, move it, [B/F#]make it, [F#m] who do you think you are? [B/F#] [F#m] Trust it, use it, prove it, [B/F#]groove it, [F#m] show me how good you are [B/F#] [F#m] Swing it, shake it, move it, [B/F#]make it, [F#m] who do you think you are? [B/F#] [F#m] Trust it, use it, prove it, [B/F#]groove it, [F#m] show how good you are! [B/F#]
[Instrumental] Random jam over F#m F#m B/F# F#m x ??
[Middle Eight] [F#m] You have got [B/F#] to [F#m] reach on up [B/F#] [F#m] never lose your [B/F#] soul [F#m][B/F#] [F#m] You have got to [B/F#] reach [F#m] on up [B/F#] [F#m] never lose con [B/F#] trol [F#m]
[Bridge:] [Gmaj7] who who who who [Em] do you [Bm] think you are? (Do you think you are?) .. I said [Gmaj7] ooo ooo ooo ooo some [Em] kind of [Bm] superstar [F#m7] You have got to
[Chorus: x 2] [F#m] Swing it, shake it, move it, [B/F#]make it, [F#m] who do you think you are? [B/F#] [F#m] Trust it, use it, prove it, [B/F#]groove it, [F#m] show me how good you are [B/F#] [F#m] Swing it, shake it, move it, [B/F#]make it, [F#m] who do you think you are? [B/F#] [F#m] Trust it, use it, prove it, [B/F#]groove it, [F#m] show how good you are! [B/F#]
[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]