Mama told me not to come    (midi)

E - D ~ E D E D

1. Want some whisky in your water, sugar in your tea?

E D E - D

What are these crazy questions they're asking of me?

E D E - D

This is the craziest party that could ever be,

E D E - D

don't turn on the lights, 'cause I don't wanna see.

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Mama told me not to come, mama told me not to come.

E D A C

“That ain't no way to have fun, no, son, no!”

- D ~ D C D C

2. Open up the window, let some air into this room,

D C D C

I think I'm almost choking from the smell of stale perfume.

D C D C

And the cigeratte you're smoking' s 'bout to scare me half to death,

D C D C

open up the window, let me catch my breath. + REFRAIN +

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That ain't no way to have fun, son! Son, son!

D C D C

3. The radio was blasting, someone knocking at the door,

D C D C

I'm looking at my girlfriend, she just passed out on the floor.

D C D C

I've seen so many things I ain't never seen before,

D C D C

don't know what it is, but I don't wanna see no more.

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+ REFRAIN + That ain't no way to have fun, son! + REFRAIN ....

(Orig. = Capo 4; midi=capo 3) (Three Dog Night)