Chords for 1973 HITS ARCHIVE: Your Mama Don’t Dance - Loggins and Messina (stereo 45)
Tempo:
145.55 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
G
A
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] [C]
Your [Em] mama don't dance [Cm] and your daddy don't rock [C] and roll.
[F] Your mama don't dance and your daddy don't [C] rock and roll.
[Gm] [B] We need to move [F] around and it's time to go to town.
[G] Where do you go?
[C] To rock and roll.
The old folks say [F] that you gotta end your day [C] by ten.
[F] If you're out on the late end, you [C] bring it on the late exit.
[D]
[B] You'll say, oh, [F] excuse me, no, you're gonna lose, [C] you'll never win.
Say it again, and it'll all be good.
Your mama don't [F] dance and your daddy don't rock [C] and roll.
[Dm] [F]
Your mama don't dance and your daddy don't rock [C] and roll.
[G] We need to move around [F] and it's time to go to town.
Where do you go?
[C] To rock and roll.
[F]
[C] [D]
[F]
[C]
[G] [F]
[C] [A#]
[C] [F]
[C]
[F]
[C]
[G] [F]
[Cm] [C]
[F] There's more to do than driving, buying a plane to the park.
You're off into the back to see where you know it's nice and dark.
You're just about to move and you're taking a breathe.
There's a light in your eye and then a guy says, [B] out of the car, long hair.
[G] Louie, you're [C] coming with me.
We'll have a party.
And it's all because your mama don't dance and [F] your daddy don't [C] rock and roll.
[F] Your mama don't dance and your daddy don't rock and roll.
[C]
[G] We need to move [F] around and it's time to go to town.
[A] Where do you go?
To rock and roll.
[C]
Where do you go?
To rock and roll.
Where do you go?
To rock and roll.
[A] [Gm] [C#] [C]
[G]
[N]
Your [Em] mama don't dance [Cm] and your daddy don't rock [C] and roll.
[F] Your mama don't dance and your daddy don't [C] rock and roll.
[Gm] [B] We need to move [F] around and it's time to go to town.
[G] Where do you go?
[C] To rock and roll.
The old folks say [F] that you gotta end your day [C] by ten.
[F] If you're out on the late end, you [C] bring it on the late exit.
[D]
[B] You'll say, oh, [F] excuse me, no, you're gonna lose, [C] you'll never win.
Say it again, and it'll all be good.
Your mama don't [F] dance and your daddy don't rock [C] and roll.
[Dm] [F]
Your mama don't dance and your daddy don't rock [C] and roll.
[G] We need to move around [F] and it's time to go to town.
Where do you go?
[C] To rock and roll.
[F]
[C] [D]
[F]
[C]
[G] [F]
[C] [A#]
[C] [F]
[C]
[F]
[C]
[G] [F]
[Cm] [C]
[F] There's more to do than driving, buying a plane to the park.
You're off into the back to see where you know it's nice and dark.
You're just about to move and you're taking a breathe.
There's a light in your eye and then a guy says, [B] out of the car, long hair.
[G] Louie, you're [C] coming with me.
We'll have a party.
And it's all because your mama don't dance and [F] your daddy don't [C] rock and roll.
[F] Your mama don't dance and your daddy don't rock and roll.
[C]
[G] We need to move [F] around and it's time to go to town.
[A] Where do you go?
To rock and roll.
[C]
Where do you go?
To rock and roll.
Where do you go?
To rock and roll.
[A] [Gm] [C#] [C]
[G]
[N]
Key:
C
F
G
A
B
C
F
G
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[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Your [Em] mama don't dance [Cm] and your daddy don't rock [C] and roll. _ _ _ _ _
[F] Your mama don't dance and your daddy don't [C] rock and roll. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] [B] We need to move [F] around and it's time to go to town.
[G] Where do you go?
[C] To rock and roll. _
The old folks say [F] that you gotta end your day [C] by ten. _ _ _ _ _
[F] If you're out on the late end, you [C] bring it on the late exit.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[B] You'll say, oh, [F] excuse me, no, you're gonna lose, [C] you'll never win.
_ Say it again, and it'll all be good.
Your mama don't [F] dance and your daddy don't rock [C] and roll.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [F]
Your mama don't dance and your daddy don't rock [C] and roll. _ _ _ _ _
[G] We need to move around [F] and it's time to go to town.
Where do you go?
[C] To rock and roll. _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [A#] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] There's more to do than driving, buying a plane to the park.
You're off into the back to see where you know it's nice and dark.
You're just about to move and you're taking a breathe.
There's a light in your eye and then a guy says, [B] out of the car, long hair.
[G] Louie, you're [C] coming with me.
We'll have a party.
_ _ _ And it's all because your mama don't dance and [F] your daddy don't [C] rock and roll. _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] Your mama don't dance and your daddy don't rock and roll.
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] We need to move [F] around and it's time to go to town.
[A] Where do you go?
To rock and roll.
_ [C]
Where do you go?
_ To rock and roll.
Where do you go?
To rock and roll.
_ [A] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Your [Em] mama don't dance [Cm] and your daddy don't rock [C] and roll. _ _ _ _ _
[F] Your mama don't dance and your daddy don't [C] rock and roll. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] [B] We need to move [F] around and it's time to go to town.
[G] Where do you go?
[C] To rock and roll. _
The old folks say [F] that you gotta end your day [C] by ten. _ _ _ _ _
[F] If you're out on the late end, you [C] bring it on the late exit.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[B] You'll say, oh, [F] excuse me, no, you're gonna lose, [C] you'll never win.
_ Say it again, and it'll all be good.
Your mama don't [F] dance and your daddy don't rock [C] and roll.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [F]
Your mama don't dance and your daddy don't rock [C] and roll. _ _ _ _ _
[G] We need to move around [F] and it's time to go to town.
Where do you go?
[C] To rock and roll. _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [A#] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] There's more to do than driving, buying a plane to the park.
You're off into the back to see where you know it's nice and dark.
You're just about to move and you're taking a breathe.
There's a light in your eye and then a guy says, [B] out of the car, long hair.
[G] Louie, you're [C] coming with me.
We'll have a party.
_ _ _ And it's all because your mama don't dance and [F] your daddy don't [C] rock and roll. _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] Your mama don't dance and your daddy don't rock and roll.
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] We need to move [F] around and it's time to go to town.
[A] Where do you go?
To rock and roll.
_ [C]
Where do you go?
_ To rock and roll.
Where do you go?
To rock and roll.
_ [A] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _