Mama Told Me Not To Come

MAMA TOLD ME NOT TO COME        -       Tom Jones & Stereophonics



Intro:
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                            Want some  whisky in your water,

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  sugar in your tea? 
                     What are these crazy questions they’re
                                       asking me?


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  This is the craziest party that could 
                    ever be  don't  turn on the lights cause I don't 

m 13
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  wanna see 


Chorus:
      G                 G7/B        C - Eb7                    
Mama     told me not to       come 
d       f     g - G                G7/B      C - Eb7                        
   Ma -    ma       told me not to       come 
     d        f - g - G                G7/B              C              
She    said "            that ain't no       way to have    fun -
Eb7        d      f        g - riff 1 - riff 2                                  
     So -    o -     on”! 

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  Open up the window, let some 
                     air into this room
                                      I think I'm almost choking on the

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  smell of stale perfume And the 
                     cigarette you're smoking 'bout to 
                                       scare me half to death

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  open up the window, let me 
                  catch my breath


Chorus:
      G                 G7/B        C - Eb7                    
Mama     told me not to       come 
d       f     g - G                G7/B      C - Eb7                        
   Ma -    ma       told me not to       come 
d      f         g - G                G7/B             C               
   She    said "       that ain't no       way to have    fun -
Eb7       d - f     g /                                         
     So -        on! 


Riff 1          riff 2
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[riff 1] That ain't no way to have fun 
               [riff 2] Son! (son son)”

Break:
[G - G7/B - C - Eb7 - d - f - g]     [3x] 

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                                    The radio is blastin’, someone's 

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  knockin’ on the doorI’m 
                     looking at my girlfriend, she just 
                                       passed out on the floor

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I've 
  seen so many things that I ain't 
                    never seen before
                                     Don't know what it is but I don't 

m 10               
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  wanna see no more


Chorus:
      G                 G7/B        C - Eb7                    
Mama     told me not to       come 
d      f     g - G                  G7/B        C                Eb7 -    
   Ma -   ma         told me not to       come    (mama told me) 
d      f         g - G                G7/B             C               
   She    said "       that ain't no       way to have    fun -
Eb7       d - f     g /                                         
     So -        on! 

Riff 1          riff 2
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G|4-5--6--7--11/14-12--11--9/
D|5-7--8--9----/------------/
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[riff 1] That ain't no way to have fun 
                 [riff 2] Son!”

G                 G7/B                                     
   Mama told me,       Mama told me, 
C                 Eb7       d      f       g                      
   Mama told me,      Ma -     ma     told     me 
G       G7/B                C                                
   Mama      told me not to    come 
       Eb7           d       f      g                   
(mama       told me     not     to     come)
G                   G7/B             C        Eb7      d - f     g -          
“    that ain't no       way to have    fun -     So -       on! 
G                   G7/B             C        Eb7      d - f     g -          
     that ain't no       way to have    fun -     So -       on! 
G                   G7/B             C        Eb7      d - f     g -          
     that ain't no       way to have    fun -     No -       no! 
G                   G7/B             C        Eb7                  
     that ain't no       way to have    fun -      ” 
       d        f      g -         
(mama     told     me 

G                 G7/B                                     
   Mama told me,       Mama told me, 
C                 Eb7       d      f        g                      
   Mama told me,      Ma -     ma     told     me 
G        G7/B                C                                
   Mama       told me not to    come 
       Eb7          d       f      g                  
(mama      told me     not     to     come)

 G                 G7/B               C       Eb7       d - f     g -        
"   that ain't no        way to have    fun -      So -        on! 
G                  G7/B               C       Eb7       d - f     g -        
    that ain't no        way to have    fun -      So -        on! 
G                  G7/B               C       Eb7       d - f     g -        
    that ain't no        way to have    fun -      So -        on!” 


Outro:
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“Maybe I should have listened”//

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