MamaToldMeNotToCome-CRD

Mama Told Me Not To Come - Three Dog Night

Written By: Randy Newman, 1966.
Chorded By: Zack Oxford.
4/4 TIME @ 108 BPM (3 Min. 47 Sec.) in 'G'.
Chords Used:
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G7
G
G7/B
C
Eb7
G/D
D7

GUITAR
E A D G B e
-----------------3 2 0 0 0 1
3 2 0 0 3 3
x 2 0 0 0 1
x 3 2 0 1 0
x x 1 3 2 3
x x 0 4 3 3
x x 0 2 1 2

KEYS
Bass|
Chord
----------------G
G-B-D-F
G
G-B-D
B
G-B-D-F
C
G-C-E
Eb
G-Bb-Db-Eb
D
G-B-D
D
A-C-D-F#

INTRO: [4 M]
----|G7

|G7

|G7

|G7

|
Will you have

VERSE #1: [8 M]
-------|G7
|G7
|
whis-key with your wa-ter or sug-ar with your tea? What are
|G7
|G7
all these cra-zy ques-tions that you keep ask-in' me?
|G7
|G7
the wild-est par-ty that there ev-er could be
|G7
|G7
turn on the lights cause I don't wan-na see

|
This is

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Oh, don't
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CHORUS #1: [12 M]

--------|G

G7/B
|C
Eb7
Ma-ma told me not to come

|G

G7/B
|C
Eb7
Ma-ma told me not to come

|G

G7/B
|C
Eb7
Ma-ma said that ain't the way to have fun

|C
Eb7
me not to come

|G

|G

G7/B
|C
Eb7
Ma-ma told me not to come

G7/B
|
Ma-ma told
|G/D

|D7

VERSE #2: [8 M]
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|G7
|G7
|
O-pen up the win-dow, let some air in-to this room I think
|G7
|G7
|
I think I'm al-most chok-in' on the smell of stale per-fume That cig|G7
|G7
-a-rette you're smok-in' 'bout to scare me half to death
|G7
|G7
pen up the win-dow, let me catch my breath

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O-

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CHORUS #2: [12 M]
--------|G

G7/B
|C
Eb7
Ma-ma told me not to come

|G

G7/B
|C
Eb7
Ma-ma told me not to come

|G

G7/B
|C
Eb7
Ma-ma said that ain't the way to have fun

|C
Eb7
me not to come

|G

|G

G7/B
|
Ma-ma told

G7/B
|C
Eb7
Ma-ma told me not to come

|G/D

|D7

VERSE #3: [8 M] 'Guitar Solo' (Voice TACET) -------|G7

|G7

|G7

|G7

|G7

|G7

|G7

|G7

CHORUS #3: [12 M]

--------|G

G7/B
|C
Eb7
Ma-ma told me not to come

|G

G7/B
|C
Eb7
Ma-ma told me not to come

|G

G7/B
|C
Eb7
Ma-ma said that ain't the way to have fun

|C
Eb7
me not to come

|G

|G

G7/B
|
Ma-ma told

G7/B
|C
Eb7
Ma-ma told me not to come

|G/D

|D7

RE-INTRO: [4 M]
-------|G7

|G7

|G7

|G7

|
The

VERSE #4: [8 M]
-------|G7
|G7
|
ra-di-o is blast-in', some-one's beat-in' on the door Our host|G7
|G7
-ess is not last-in', she's passed out on the floor

|
I've seen

|G7
|G7
|
so ma-ny things that I ain't nev-er seen be-fore I don't
|G7
|G7
know what it is, but I don't wan-na see no more

MamaToldMeNotToCome-CRD
CHORUS #4: [12 M]
--------|G

G7/B
|C
Eb7
Ma-ma told me not to come

|G

G7/B
|C
Eb7
Ma-ma told me not to come

|G

G7/B
|C
Eb7
Ma-ma said that ain't the way to have fun

|C
Eb7
me not to come

|G

|G

G7/B
|C
Eb7
Ma-ma told me not to come

G7/B
|
Ma-ma told
|G/D

|D7

CHORUS #5: [14 M] 'CODA' --------|G

G7/B
|C
Eb7
Ma-ma told me not to come

|G

G7/B
|C
Eb7
Ma-ma told me not to come

|G

G7/B
|C
Eb7
Ma-ma said that ain't the way to have fun

|C
Eb7
me not to come
|G/D

|D7

|G
|G7

|G

G7/B
|C
Eb7
Ma-ma told me not to come
|G7

G7/B
|
Ma-ma told
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