[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]
[Verse 1 - Cmaj7 to D is 1/4 bar - double speed] [G] Another summer day [D/F#] Is come and gone away [Em] In Paris and Ro [D] m But I wanna go [C] home [Cmaj7] M [D] mmm [G][D] [G] Maybe surrounded by [D/F#] A million people I [Em] Still feel all alo [D] n I just wanna go [C] home [Cmaj7] Oh I [D] miss you, y [G] ou know
[Bridge 1] And I've been [C] keeping all the letters That I [Em] wrote to you Each one a [Asus4] line or two [A] "I'm fine baby, [C] how are you?" [D] Well I would [C] send them But I know that it's just [Em] not enough My words were [F] cold and flat And you deserve [D] more t [Dsus] han that [D]
[Verse 2 - Cmaj7 to D is 1/4 bar - double speed] [G] Another aeroplane [D/F#] Another sunny place [Em] I'm lucky I kn [D] o But I wanna go [Cmaj7] home Mmmm, I' [D] ve got to go [G] home [D]
[Chorus] Let me go [G] hoo [D/F#] ooooo [Em] ome [Bm7] I'm just too [C] far from where you are I wanna [D] come [G] home
[Break] G D/F# Em D Cmaj7 D G
[Bridge 2] And I [C] feel just like I'm living Someone [Em] else's life It's like I just [Asus4] stepped outside [A] When everything was [C] going right [D] And I [C] know just why you could not Come [Em] along with me But this was [F] not your dream But you always be [D] liev [Dsus] ed in me [D]
[Verse 3 - Cmaj7 to D is 1/4 bar - double speed] [G] Another winter day has come [D/F#] And gone away [Em] And even Paris and Ro [D] m And I wanna go [C] home [Cmaj7] [D] Let me go [G] home [D] [G] And I'm surrounded by [D/F#] A million people I [F/G] I still feel a [G7] lone Oh, let go [Cmaj7] home Oh, I [D] miss you, [G] you know [D]
[Chorus] Let me go [G] hoo [D/F#] ooooo [Em] ome [Bm7] I've had my [C] run Baby, I'm done I [D] gotta go [G] home [D] Let me go [G] hoo [D/F#] ooooo [Em] ome [Bm7] It'll all be alr [C] ight I'll be home ton [D] ight I'm coming back h [G] ome