Mama Told Me Not to Come Tom Jones
ntro:
[m] [1] [2] [3]
[G] [G7/D] [G7] [G/D] [G7] [G7/D]
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[m] [4] [5] [6]
[G] [G7/D] [G7] [G/D] [G7] [G7/D]
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Want some whisky in your water,
m 7 8 9
[G] [G7/D] [G7] [G/D] [G7] [G7/D]
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sugar in your tea?
What are these crazy questions they're
asking me?
m 10 11 12
[G] [G7/D] [G7] [G/D] [G7] [G7/D]
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This is the craziest party that could
ever be don't turn on the lights cause I don't
[m] [13]
[G] [G7/D]
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wanna see
Chorus:
Mama [G] told me not to [G7/B] come [C] [-] [Eb7]
d f g - G G7/B C - Eb7
Ma - ma told me not to come
d f - g - G G7/B C
She said " that ain't no way to have fun -
Eb7 d f g - riff 1 - riff 2
So - o - on'!
[m] [1] [2] [3]
[G] [G7/D] [G7] [G/D] [G7] [G7/D]
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Open up the window, let some
air into this room
I think I'm almost choking on the
[m] [4] [5] [6]
[G] [G7/D] [G7] [G/D] [G7] [G7/D]
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smell of stale perfume And the
cigarette you're smoking 'bout to
scare me half to death
m 7 8
[G] [G7/D] [G7] [G/D]
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open up the window, let me
catch my breath
Chorus:
Mama [G] told me not to [G7/B] come [C] [-] [Eb7]
d f g - G G7/B C - Eb7
Ma - ma told me not to come
d f g - G G7/B C
She said " that ain't no way to have fun -
Eb7 d - f g /
So - on!
Riff 1 riff 2
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[riff 1] That ain't no way to have fun
[riff 2] Son! (son son)'
Break:
[G - G7/B - C - Eb7 - d - f - g] [3x]
[m] [1] [2] [3]
[G] [G7/D] [G7] [G/D] [G7] [G7/D]
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The radio is blastin', someone's
[m] [4] [5] [6]
[G] [G7/D] [G7] [G/D] [G7] [G7/D]
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knockin' on the doorI'm
looking at my girlfriend, she just
passed out on the floor
m 7 8 9
[G] [G7/D] [G7] [G/D] [G7] [G7/D]
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I've
seen so many things that I ain't
never seen before
Don't know what it is but I don't
m 10
[G] [G7/D]
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wanna see no more
Chorus:
Mama [G] told me not to [G7/B] come [C] [-] [Eb7]
d f g - G G7/B C Eb7 -
Ma - ma told me not to come (mama told me)
d f g - G G7/B C
She said " that ain't no way to have fun -
Eb7 d - f g /
So - on!
Riff 1 riff 2
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[riff 1] That ain't no way to have fun
[riff 2] Son!'
[G] Mama told me, [G7/B] Mama told me,
C Eb7 d f g
Mama told me, Ma - ma told me
[G] Mama [G7/B] told me not to [C] come
Eb7 d f g
(mama told me not to come)
G G7/B C Eb7 d - f g -
' that ain't no way to have fun - So - on!
G G7/B C Eb7 d - f g -
that ain't no way to have fun - So - on!
G G7/B C Eb7 d - f g -
that ain't no way to have fun - No - no!
[G] that ain't no [G7/B] way to have [C] fun - [Eb7] '
d f g -
(mama told me
[G] Mama told me, [G7/B] Mama told me,
C Eb7 d f g
Mama told me, Ma - ma told me
[G] Mama [G7/B] told me not to [C] come
Eb7 d f g
(mama told me not to come)
G G7/B C Eb7 d - f g -
" that ain't no way to have fun - So - on!
G G7/B C Eb7 d - f g -
that ain't no way to have fun - So - on!
G G7/B C Eb7 d - f g -
that ain't no way to have fun - So - on!'
Outro:
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'Maybe I should have listened'//
Riff 1 riff 2
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