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Mama Told Me Not To Come

by Three Dog Night

Written by: Randy Newman

MAMA TOLD ME NOT TO COME Randy Newman Three Dog Night G7 Want^some | whiskey in^your water / | Sugar^in your^tea ~ whats ^all | | these crazy questions ~ ^theyre | asking me ~ This ^is | the craziest party that^could | | ever be ~ ^Oh dont | turn on^the lights^cause I^dont | wanna see // | G G7 C Eb G G7 C Eb ||: // ~ Mama ^told.| dd^me not^to=come // | // ~ Mama ^told.| dd^me not^to=come // | G G7 C Eb G | / She^said ^that aint ^the | way^to have^fun // | No /// | C G7 1. | //// | Open up^the window let^some | air^into this^room / ~ ^I | | think^Im almost choking from^the | smell^of stale perfume ~ And=that | | cigarette youre smoking about^to | scare^me half=to^death / Oh | | Open up^the window let^me | catch my^breath // :|| to CHORUS C G7 2. | /// ~ ^The | radio is blasting ~ ^someones | knocking on=the^door I'm looking | | at^my girlfriend she just^passed | out^on the^floor ~ Ive ^seen | | so many things^that^I^aint | never^seen before ~ I ^dont | | know what^it is^but I^dont | wanna^see no^more // :|| to CHORUS 3. | //// | //// | //// ||

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Mama Told Me Not To Come is performed by Three Dog Night and written by Randy Newman. This page contains the lyrics and chords as part of Jerry's Songbook collection.

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