x2

[Verse]

When you grow 

up
              
Livin' like a 

         
good boy ought

a
         
And your mama
              
Takes a shine 

            
to her best so

n

Something different
              
All the girls,

              
 they seem to 


like you
             
Cause you're h


andsome,
              
Like to talk, 

              
and a whole lo

     
t of fun

[Bridge]
             
But now your g

            
irl's gone a m


issin'
          
And your house

             
 has got an em

    
pty bed
             
The folks'll w

             
onder 'bout th

  
e wedding
           
They won't lis

            
ten to a word 

    
you said

[Chorus]
      
Gonna take you

r mama out all

 night
            
Yeah, we'll sh

ow her what it

's all about
              
We'll get her 


jacked up on s

ome cheap cham

pagne
              
We'll let the 


good times all

 roll out
           
And if the mus

ic ain't good,

 well it's jus

t too bad
            
We're gonna si

ng along no ma

tter what
             
Because the da


ncers don't mi

nd at the New 

Orleans
            
If you tip 'em

              
 and they make

          
 a cut
            
Do it Take you

       
r mama out all

 night
          
So she'll have

 no doubt
              
That we're doi

              
ng all the bes

          
t we can
            
Gonna do it Ta

             
ke your mama o


ut all night
        
You can stay u

p late
              
'cause baby yo

              
u're a full gr

         
own man

   

[Verse]
       
It's a struggl

e
              
Livin' like a 

         
good boy ought

a
       
In the summer
              
Watchin' all t

              
he girls pass 


by
          
When your mama
              
Heard the way 

              
that you'd bee

  
n talking
           
I tried to tel

l you
              
That all she'd

             
 wanna do is c


ry

[Bridge]
            
Now we end up 

           
takin' the lon


g way home
          
Lookin' overdr

              
essed wearin' 

             
buckets of sta

     
le cologne
            
It's so hard t

              
o see streets 

     
on a country r

oad
          
When your glas

ses in the gar

bage
             
And your Conti

              
nental's just 

     
been towed

[Chorus]
      
Gonna take you

r mama out all

 night
      
Yeah, we'll sh

ow her what it

's all about
              
We'll get her 


jacked up on s

ome cheap cham

pagne
              
We'll let the 


good times all

 roll out
           
And if the mus

ic ain't good,

 well it's jus

t too bad
            
We're gonna si

ng along no ma

tter what
             
Because the da


ncers don't mi

nd at the New 

Orleans
            
If you tip 'em

              
 and they make

          
 a cut
            
Do it Take you

       
r mama out all

 night
          
So she'll have

 no doubt
              
That we're doi

              
ng all the bes

          
t we can

            
Gonna do it Ta

             
ke your mama o


ut all night
        
You can stay u

p late
              
'cause baby yo

              
u're a full gr

         
own man


GUITAR SOLO over first half of chorus 
(    x 2 then     pushes)
   
[Chorus]
            
Do it Take you

       
r mama out all

 night
          
So she'll have

 no doubt
              
That we're doi

              
ng all the bes

          
t we can

            
Gonna do it Ta

             
ke your mama o


ut all night
        
You can stay u

p late
              
'cause baby yo

              
u're a full gr

         
own man