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Your Mama Dont Dance

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 52Position: 2

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

so I've tabbed both guitar parts. This version is done in "A".
[Intro]
  (1st guitar)
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|--2------------2------------2------------2------------2--|
D|--2------2-4-2-2------2-4-2-2------2-4-2-2------2-4-2-2--|
A|--0--3h4-------0--3h4-------0--3h4-------0--3h4-------0--|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
  (2nd guitar)
e|--5----5--7--5----5--7--5----5--7--5----5--7--5----5--7--|
B|--5----5--7--5----5--7--5----5--7--5----5--7--5----5--7--|
G|--5h6--5--7--5h6--5--7--5h6--5--7--5h6--5--7--5h6--5--7--|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
[Chorus]
Your Amama don't dance and your Ddaddy don't rock and rAoll.
        ( play intro )
Your Dmama don't dance and your daddy don't rock and rAoll.
        ( play intro )
When Eevenin' rolls around and it's Dtime to go to town,
where do you Ago to rock and roll?
[Verse 1]
The Aold folks say that you Dgotta end your day by tAen.
        ( play intro )
If you're Dout on a date and you bring it home late, it's a sAin.
       ( play intro )
There Ejust ain't no excusin', you Dknow you're gonna lose
and never Awin. I'll say it again. And it's all because ...
[Chorus]
Your Amama don't dance and your Ddaddy don't rock and rAoll.
        ( play intro )
Your Dmama don't dance and your daddy don't rock and rAoll.
        ( play intro )
When Eevenin' rolls around and it's Dtime to go to town,
where do you Ago to rock and roll?
Then go to bridge with a walk up:
e|-------------------1/2--|
B|-------------------2/3--|
G|-------------------1/2--|
D|-------------------0----|
A|--0--1--2--3--4---------|
E|------------------------|
[Bridge]
You Dpull into a drive-in, you find a place to park.
You Dhop into the back seat where you know it's nice and dark.
You're Djust about to move in, you're thinkin' it's a breeze.
There's a Dlight in your eye and then a guy says:
"Outta the car, longhair!"
"Ooh-Ewee! You're comin' with Dme, the local poAlice!"
[Chorus]
And it's all because ...
Your Amama don't dance and your Ddaddy don't rock and rAoll.
        ( play intro )
Your Dmama don't dance and your daddy don't rock and rAoll.
        ( play intro )
When Eevenin' rolls around and it's Dtime to go to town,
where do you Ago to rock and roll?
Where do you Ago to rock and roll?
Where do you Ago to rock and roll?
| h  Hammer-on
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Your Mama Dont Dance

by Loggins & Messina

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so I've tabbed both guitar parts. This version is done in "A".

[Intro]

(1st guitar)

e|---------------------------------------------------------|

B|---------------------------------------------------------|

G|--2------------2------------2------------2------------2--|

D|--2------2-4-2-2------2-4-2-2------2-4-2-2------2-4-2-2--|

A|--0--3h4-------0--3h4-------0--3h4-------0--3h4-------0--|

E|---------------------------------------------------------|

(2nd guitar)

e|--5----5--7--5----5--7--5----5--7--5----5--7--5----5--7--|

B|--5----5--7--5----5--7--5----5--7--5----5--7--5----5--7--|

G|--5h6--5--7--5h6--5--7--5h6--5--7--5h6--5--7--5h6--5--7--|

D|---------------------------------------------------------|

A|---------------------------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------------------------|

[Chorus]

A D A

Your mama don't dance and your daddy don't rock and roll.

( play intro )

D A

Your mama don't dance and your daddy don't rock and roll.

( play intro )

E D

When evenin' rolls around and it's time to go to town,

where do you go to rock and roll?

[Verse 1]

A D A

The old folks say that you gotta end your day by ten.

( play intro )

D A

If you're out on a date and you bring it home late, it's a sin.

( play intro )

E D

There just ain't no excusin', you know you're gonna lose

and never win. I'll say it again. And it's all because ...

[Chorus]

A D A

Your mama don't dance and your daddy don't rock and roll.

( play intro )

D A

Your mama don't dance and your daddy don't rock and roll.

( play intro )

E D

When evenin' rolls around and it's time to go to town,

where do you go to rock and roll?

Then go to bridge with a walk up:

e|-------------------1/2--|

B|-------------------2/3--|

G|-------------------1/2--|

D|-------------------0----|

A|--0--1--2--3--4---------|

E|------------------------|

[Bridge]

You pull into a drive-in, you find a place to park.

You hop into the back seat where you know it's nice and dark.

You're just about to move in, you're thinkin' it's a breeze.

There's a light in your eye and then a guy says:

"Outta the car, longhair!"

E D A

"Ooh-wee! You're comin' with me, the local police!"

[Chorus]

And it's all because ...

A D A

Your mama don't dance and your daddy don't rock and roll.

( play intro )

D A

Your mama don't dance and your daddy don't rock and roll.

( play intro )

E D

When evenin' rolls around and it's time to go to town,

where do you go to rock and roll?

Where do you go to rock and roll?

| h Hammer-on

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