Mama Told Me (Not to Come)
Three Dog Night
[intro]
[G] [G7] [G] [G7] x2
[verse 1]
G G7 G G7
Want some whiskey in your water? Sugar in your tea?
G G7 G G7
What's all these crazy questions, you're askin' me?
G G7 G G7
This is the craziest party, that could ev - er be
G G7 G G7
Don't turn on the lights, 'cause I don't wanna see
|[chorus]
| G G7
|Mama told me not to come [C] [Eb]
| G G7 C Eb
|Mama told me not to come (she said)
|G G7 C Eb
| "That ain't the way to have fun, son"
|[G*] "That ain't the way to have fun, son"
[verse 2]
G G7 G G7
Open up your window, let some air into this room
G G7 G G7
I think I'm almost chokin', from the smell of stale per - fume
G G7 G G7
And that cigarette you're smokin', 'bout scare me half to death
G G7 G
Open up the window, let me catch my breath [G7]
[chorus]
[verse 3]
G G7 G G7
The radio is blastin', someone's knockin' at the door
G G7 G G7
I'm lookin' at my girlfriend, she's passed out on the floor
G G7 G
I seen so many things, I ain't never seen before [G7]
G G7 G
I don't know what it is, I don't wanna see no more [G7]
[chorus]
|[outro] x2
|G G7
| Mama told me, mama told me
|C Eb
| Mama told me, Mama told me,
|G G7 C Eb
| "That ain't the way to have fun, no"
|G G7 C Eb
| "That ain't the way to have fun, son"
Outro:
[G*] "That ain't the way to have fun"
Mama Told Me (Not to Come) [G]Three Dog Night
intro GG7GG7x2
verse 1 Want some G whiskey in your G7 water? G Sugar in your G7 tea? What's G all these crazy G7 questions, you're G askin' G7 me? This G is the craziest G7 party, G that could ev - er G7 be G Don't turn on the G7 lights, 'cause I don't G wanna G7 see
chorus Mama G told me not to G7 come CEb Mama G told me not to G7 come CEbshe said G "That ain't the G7 way to have C fun, Eb son" G* "That ain't the way to have fun, son"
verse 2 G Open up your G7 window, let some G air into this G7 room I G think I'm almost G7 chokin', from the G smell of stale per - G7 fume And that G cigarette you're G7 smokin', 'bout G scare me half to G7 death G Open up the G7 window, let me G catch my breath G7
chorus
verse 3 The G radio is G7 blastin', someone's G knockin' at the G7 door I'm G lookin' at my G7 girlfriend, she's G passed out on the G7 floor I G seen so many G7 things, I ain't G never seen before G7 I G don't know what it G7 is, I don't G wanna see no more G7
chorus
outrox2 G Mama told me, G7 mama told me C Mama told me, Eb Mama told me, G "That ain't the G7 way to have C fun, Eb no" G "That ain't the G7 way to have C fun, Eb son"