Randy Newman - Mama Told Me Not To Come

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          Mama Told Me Not To Come – Randy Newman
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Randy Newman
Mama Told Me Not To Come
(Newman)

From: “12 Songs” (1970)

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capo: 3rd fret
play: E
key: G

For original chords transpose this chord sheet + 3 to G.

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[Verse] riff
  E       E7       E       E7
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|0-------------0-|--------------0-|
B|------3---------|------3---------|
G|--0h1-----0h1---|--0h1-----0h1---|
D|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|

[Chorus] (lick)
  E                B7
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|4-2---0---------|
G|1-2---3---4-----|----------3-2---|
D|2-4---5---6-----|4-2---1---------|
A|----------------|----------5-4---|
E|----------------|----------------|

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CHORDS
        E-A-D-G-B-e
E7/G#   4-x-0-1-0-0

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[Intro]
| E E7 | % | % | % |


[Verse]
              E                 E7
Will you have whiskey with your water
   E               E7
Or sugar with your tea
      E              E7
What are these crazy questions
             E         E7
That they're asking of me
      E             E7
This is the wildest party
           E          E7
That there ever could be
    E                 E7
Oh, don't turn on the light
              E        E7
'Cause I don't want to see


[Chorus]
E  E7/G#  A              C
     Mama told me not to come
E  E7/G#  A              C
     Mama told me not to come
E      E7/G#               A           C
  Mama said, that ain't no way to have fun
|  E  |  B7  |
    (lick)


[Verse]
E           E7
Open up the window
         E             E7
Let some air into this room
  E                E7
I think I'm almost choking on
    E                 E7
The smell of stale perfume
         E                E7
And that cigarette you're smoking
         E                E7
'Bout to scare me half to death
E           E7
Open up the window
      E         E7
Let me catch my breath


[Chorus] (instrumental)
| E E7/G# | A C |
| E E7/G# | A C |
| E E7/G# | A C |
| E | B7 |
  (lick)


[Interlude]
| E E7 | % | % | % |


[Verse]
    E        E7
The radio is blasting,
          E              E7
Someone's beating on the door
    E              E7
Our hostess is not lasting
      E          E7
She's out on the floor
  E            E7
I seen so many things here
        E            E7
I ain't never seen before
  E                  E7
I don't know what it is
            E            E7
But I don't wanna see no more


[Chorus]
E  E7/G#  A              C
     Mama told me not to come
E  E7/G#  A              C
     Mama told me not to come
E      E7/G#               A           C
  Mama said, that ain't no way to have fun
|  E  |  B7  |
    (lick)
|  E  |  B7  |
    (lick)


[Outro]
| E E7 | % | % | % |