Your Mama Dont Dance - Loggins & Messina

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Nice rocker that reached #4 in the Billboard Hot 100 in 1972. Times listed are 
elapsed time from the start. Tabbed by Marty Lurvey.

Intro: C     0:13


Chorus
             
Your Mama don'

              
t dance and yo

             
ur Daddy don't

        
 rock n' roll.
             
Your Mama don'

              
t dance and yo

              
ur Daddy don't

          
 rock n' roll.
            
When evenin' r

              
olls around an

       
d it's time to

 go to town,
             
where do you g

o, to rock and

 roll?     0:3

2


Verse 1
              
The old folks 

             
say that you g

              
otta end your 

       
day by ten.
             
If you're out 

              
on a date and 

              
you bring it h

              
ome late, it's

   
 a sin.
            
There just ain

              
't no excuse a

             
nd you know yo

              
u're gonna los

            
e and never wi

n.
                 ]
I'll say it again, (spoken) and it's all because ......    0:52


Chorus  1:12  


Instrumental:    X2: verse chords  1:51


Bridge  < single chords; no strumming >
             
You pull into 

              
a drive-in and

 
 find a place 

to park.
             
You hop into t

              
he back seat w

         
here you know 

it's nice and 

dark.
             
You're just ab

              
out to move in

         
, you're think

in' it's a bre

eze,
          
there's a ligh

t in your eye 

and then a guy

 says,        

  
            ]
(spoken) "Out 

of the car, lo

ng hair...  2:

04

       < back to strumming >
            
Louise, you're

             
 comin' with m

              
e, the local p

      ]
olice!"

(spoken) and it's all because.....   2:11


Chorus      2:30


Outro  < single chords; no strumming >
            
Where do you g

             
o, to rock and

 
 roll?
            
Where do you g

             
o, to rock and

           &
 roll?....    

  
              

 
 2:48

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