Take Your Mama [A] - Scissor Sisters
[Intro]
[A] [G] [Bm] [A] (x2)
[Verse 1]
A
When you grow up
G
Livin' like a good boy oughta
Bm
And your mama
A
Takes a shine to her best son
G
Something different All the girls, they seem to like you
Bm
Cause you're handsome,
A
Like to talk, and a whole lot of fun
[Pre-Chorus]
Bm
But now your girl's gone a missin'
G A
And your house has got an empty bed
Bm
The folks'll wonder 'bout the wedding
G A
They won't listen to a word you said
[Chorus]
A
Gonna take your mama out all night
G
Yeah, we'll show her what it's all about
Bm
We'll get her jacked up on some cheap champagne
A
We'll let the good times all roll out
A
And if the music ain't good, well it's just too bad
G
We're gonna sing along no matter what
Bm
Because the dancers don't mind at the New Orleans
A
If you tip 'em and they make a cut
[Post-Chorus]
A G
Do it Take your mama out all night
Bm A
So she'll have no doubt That we're doing all the best we can
A G
Do it Take your mama out all night
Bm G
You can stay up late 'cause baby you're a full grown man
[A] [G] [Bm] [A]
[Verse 2]
A
It's a struggle
G
Livin' like a good boy oughta
Bm A
In the summer Watchin' all the girls pass by
A G
When your mama Heard the way that you'd been talking
Bm
I tried to tell you
A
That all she'd wanna do is cry
[Pre-Chorus]
Bm
Now we end up takin' the long way home
G A
Lookin' overdressed wearin' buckets of stale cologne
Bm
It's so hard to see streets on a country road
G
When your glasses in the garbage
A
And your Continental's just been towed
[Pre-Chorus]
[Chorus]
[Post Chorus] x2
finish 1 strum of A