Standard (EADGBE)

 When you grow up / Livin' like a good boy oughta

 And your mama / Takes a shine to her best son

 Something different / All the girls they seem to like you

 Cause you're handsome / Like to talk and a whole lot of fun

 But now your girl's gone a missin'

 And your house has got an empty bed

 The folks'll wonder 'bout the wedding

 They won't listen to a word you said

 Gonna take your mama out all night

 Yeah we'll show her what it's all about

 We'll get her jacked up on some cheap champagne

 We'll let the good times all roll out

 And if the music ain't good, well it's just too bad

 We're gonna sing along no matter what

 Because the dancers don't mind at the New Orleans

 If you tip 'em and they make a cut

Do it

 Take your mama out all night

 So she'll have no doubt that we're doing oh the best we can A A A Bb B

 We're gonna do it

 Take your mama out all night

 You can stay up late 'cause baby you're a full grown man A A A Bb B

Intro

same as the 1st verse

It's a struggle / Livin' like a good boy oughta

In the summer / Watchin' all the girls pass by

When your mama / Heard the way that you'd been talking

I tried to tell you / That all she'd wanna do is cry

same as 2nd verse

Now we end up takin' the long way home

Lookin' overdressed wearin' buckets of stale cologne

It's so hard to see streets on a country road

When your glasses in the garbage

And your Continental's just got towed

Chorus 2x