[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]
[Chorus - No drums during Red red bit - BPM 89] [G] Red red [C] wine [F][G][F] Goes to my [C] head [F][G][F] Makes me for [C] get that I [F][G][F] still need her [G] so [F][G] Red red [C] wine [F][G][F] It's up to [C] you [F][G][F] All I can [C] do I've done, [F][G] But me [F] mories won't [G] go [G] [F] Memor [G] ies won't [C] go [F][G][F]
[Bridge] I had [G] sworn that with [C] time, [F] thoughts of you'd leave my [C] head. I was [G] wrong. Now I [C] find, just one [F] thing makes me for [G] get.
[Chorus] [G] Red red [C] wine [F][G][F] Stay close to [C] me. [F][G][F] Don't let me be [C] alone [F][G] It's tea [F] ring a [G] part, [G][F] my [G] blue heart.
[Keyboard Part - Open chords - Gsus4 - 3x0013] [C][F][Gsus4][G] - [C][F][Gsus4][G]
[Bridge] I had [G] sworn that with [C] time, [F] thoughts of you'd leave my [C] head. I was [G] wrong. Now I [C] find, just one [F] thing makes me for [G] get.
[Chorus] [G] Red red [C] wine [F][G][F] Stay close to [C] me. [F][G][F] Don't let me be [C] alone [F][G] It's tea [F] ring a [G] part, [G][F] my [G] blue heart.
[Keyboard Part - Open chords - Gsus4 - 3x0013] [C][F][Gsus4][G] - [C][F][Gsus4][G]
[Chorus - Can fade out to end] [G] Red red [C] wine [F][G][F] Stay close to [C] me. [F][G][F] Don't let me be [C] alone [F][G] It's tea [F] ring a [G] part, [G][F] my [G] blue heart.
