Chord/Tab song: Your Mama Don't Dance

Tabbed by John Shaw ([email protected])
Loggins and Messina
Your Mama Don't Dance
Originally recorded in C, was later recorded in A by Kenny Loggins solo.

1st Guitar
(Pick two notes at a time with your fingers to get the right sound)

e|| -----------------------------------------------||
B|| -----------------------------------------------||
G||:--------5----------5----------5----------5----:||x2
D|| -5--5---5h7-5--5---5h7-5--5---5h7-5--5---5h7---||
A|| -3--6h7-----3--6h7-----3--6h7-----3--6h7-------||
E|| -----------------------------------------------||

2nd Guitar

e|------------------------------------|| ----------||
B|------------------------------------|| -10-8-----||
G|------------------------------------||:-10-8h9--:||x5
D|------------------------------------|| -------10-||
A|------------------------------------|| ----------||
E|------------------------------------|| ----------||

[C] [F] [C] [C]

e|| -----------------------------------------------||
B|| -----------------------------------------------||
G|| --------5--------------------5---------5-------||
D|| -5--5---5h7-------3----5--5--5h7-5--5--5h7-----||
A|| -3--6h7-----1--3--3h5--3--6h7----3--6h7--------||
E|| ------------1--4h5-----------------------------||

[F] [F] [C] [C]

e|| -----------------------------------------------||
B|| -----------------------------------------------||
G|| -----------------------------5---------5-------||
D|| --------3---------3----5--5--5h7-5--5--5h7-----||
A|| -1--3---3h5-1--3--3h5--3--6h7----3--6h7--------||
E|| -1--4h5-----1--4h5-----------------------------||

[G] [F] [C] [C]

e|| -----------------------------------------------||
B|| -----------------------------------------------||
G|| -----------------------------5---------5-------||
D|| --------5---------3----5--5--5h7-5--5--5h7-----||
A|| -3--5---5h7-1--3--3h5--3--6h7----3--6h7--------||
E|| -3--6h7-----1--4h5-----------------------------||

CHORUS: (Play pattern Lick first Chorus & Verse, Switch to Chords 2nd Chorus)
[C]Your mama don't dance, your [F]daddy don't rock and r[C]oll.
Your [F]mama don't dance, your daddy don't rock and[C] roll.
When [G]evenin' comes around and it's [F]time to go to town
Where ya [C]go to rock and roll.

1st VERSE: (Play intro lick)(BASS STARTS)
T[C]he old folks say that [F]you gotta end your date [C]by ten.
If you're [F]out on a date and you bring it home late it's a si[C]n.
[G]Just ain't no excusin', you know you're [F]gonna lose and never [C]win, I'll say it again.
N/C
And it's all because-

(CHORUS)
(Lead 1:Sax)(Lead 2:Guitar)(Then go to bridge with a walk up)
[C]BRI[D]DGE[Eb]:
[E-F]You pull into a drive-in, you find a place to park.
[E-F]You hop into the backseat, where you know it's nice and dark.
[E-F]You're just about to move and you thinkin' it's a breeze,
[E-F]There's a light in your eye and then a guy says:

OUTTA THE CAR LONG - HAIR!!!!
[G]Louise, you're coming with [F]me, and we'll call the p[C]olice.

(CHORUS)
(Switch back to beginning lick)
Where ya [C]go to rock and roll.
Where ya [C]go to rock and roll.
Where ya [C]go to rock and roll.