Take Your Mama Scissor Sisters
Original recorded version is in Bb. For this version, capo up 3 frets (you can hear
the high Bb note on the high E string, made by using a G formation on the 6th fret).
They probably actually play it in "B" tuned down 1/2 step, but this is an easy way to
do the Am descending bass pattern.
All chords are choked off with the heel of your pick hand for the choppy rhythm feel
(chords relative to the capo up 3 frets)
[G]
[355433]
[Gsus4]
[355533]
[F]
[133211]
[Fsus4]
[133311]
[Am]X02210
[Am]X02[sus2]200
[Am/G]3X2210
[Am/F#]2X3310
[D]XX0232
[C]33555X
[F#]
[244322]
intro (repeat 2x):
G Gsus4 (pull off back to G)
F Fsus4 (pull off back to F)
Am Am9 (hammer on back to Am)
(repeat these figures throughout verses)
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 [A/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]
[G] [F] [Am]
It's a [G]struggle livin' like a good boy ou[F]ghta
In the [Am]summer watchin' all the girls pass b[G]y
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
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]
[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 [F]stay up late 'cause baby you're a full grown [G]man[F] [F] [F#] [G]
-solo-
[G] [F] [C] [G] [F] [C] [F] [F] [F#] [G]
-repeat chorus-
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