Song:TAKE YOUR MAMA OUT
Artist: SCISSOR SISTERS

Tabbed by: HUGHESEY

Tuning: EADGBe

here are the chords i figured for the intro

e|--6--6--6-------4--4--4-------3--3--3--------------------------------------|
B|--6--6--6-------4--4--4-------4--4--4h5p4----------------------------------|
G|--7--7--7h8p7---5--5--5h6p5---5--5--5--------------REPEAT-A-FEW-TIMES------|
D|--8--8--8-------6--6--6-------5--5--5--------------------------------------|
A|--8--8--8-------6--6--6-------3--3--3--------------------------------------|
E|--6--6--6-------4--4--4----------------------------------------------------| 

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Tabbed by Roby

The first single from the 2nd best album of 2004 so far (the first obviously being franz ferdinand)

VERSE:  Bb Ab Cm Bb

          Bb                            Ab
When you grow up/ livin like a good boy oughta/
         Cm                           Bb
And your mama/ takes a shinin' to her son

(same for rest of verse)


BRIDGE:  Cm Bb

             Cm
But now your girl's gone a-missin'/ 
                                Bb
and your house has got an empty bed...


PRE-CHORUS:  Bb Ab Eb Bb

Bb
Gonna take your mama out all night yeah/
      Ab
We'll show her what it's all about/
        Eb
Get her jacked up on some cheap champagne/ 
        Bb                     (Ab, 3 times quickly before chorus)
Let the good times all roll out...

PRECHORUS RIFF:

|-6-4---------------------------|
|-----6-4-----------------------|
|---------6-3-3-3---------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|

(this is played subtly on the electric, listen to the song to figure out the rhythm)

CHORUS: Bb Ab Eb Bb

Bb                    Ab
Do it/ take your mama out all night
          Eb                                            Bb
So she'll have no doubt that we're doing oh the best we can...

etc etc... 

 Capo 1st
Tuning EADGBe
Chord Names Relative to capo
 A=  577655
 G=  355433
 Cm= 799777
 E=  022100
 D=  X57775

INTRO
A G Cm A X2

A                                          G
When you grow up / Livin' like a good boy oughta
          Cm                              A
And your mama / Takes a shine to her best son
A                                                     G
Something different / All the girls they seem to like you
             Cm                                         A
Cause you're handsome / Like to talk and a whole lot of fun


             Cm             A
But now your girl's gone a missin'
         G                E     A      
And your house has got an empty bed
             Cm               A
The folks'll wonder 'bout the wedding
           G           E        A
They won't listen to a word you said


A                            
Gonna take your mama out all night
            G                      
Yeah we'll show her what it's all about
               D        
We'll get her jacked up on some cheap champagne
               A
We'll let the good times all roll out
A
And if the music ain't good, well it's just too bad
             G
We're gonna sing along no matter what
            D
Because the dancers don't mind at the New Orleans
            A
If you tip 'em and they make a cut


A
Do it 
               G
Take your mama out all night
                   D                                    A
So she'll have no doubt that we're doing oh the best we can
A
We're gonna do it
               G
Take your mama out all night
        D                                            A
You can stay up late 'cause baby you're a full grown man


A G Cm A 


A                                        G
It's a struggle / Livin' like a good boy oughta
       Cm                                   A
In the summer / Watchin' all the girls pass by
A                                              G
When your mama / Heard the way that you'd been talking
                Cm                               A
I tried to tell you / That all she'd wanna do is cry


       Cm                     A
Now we end up takin' the long way home
G                           E                A
Lookin' overdressed wearin' buckets of stale cologne
        Cm                        A
It's so hard to see streets on a country road
          G
When your glasses in the garbage
          E                     A
And your Continental's just got towed




A                            
Gonna take your mama out all night
            G                      
Yeah we'll show her what it's all about
               D        
We'll get her jacked up on some cheap champagne
               A
We'll let the good times all roll out
A
And if the music ain't good, well it's just too bad
             G
We're gonna sing along no matter what
            D
Because the dancers don't mind at the New Orleans
            A
If you tip 'em and they make a cut


A
Do it 
               G
Take your mama out all night
                   D                                    A
So she'll have no doubt that we're doing oh the best we can
A
We're gonna do it
               G
Take your mama out all night
        D                                            A
You can stay up late 'cause baby you're a full grown man