Tabbed by: Eric


Tuning: Standard, Capo on 1st Fret

Here is what the verse will look like if you play it on an acoustic guitar like Mat does.

d = down strum
u = up strum


     u d u   d  d  u  d  d  u  d  d  u  u d u   d 

e | ---0-0-0---0--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--0-0-0---0------------------- | 
B | ---0-0-0---0--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--0-0-0---0------------------- | 
G | ---0-0-0---1--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--0-0-0---1------------------- | 
D | -----0-----2--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x----0-----2------------------- | 
A | -----0-----2--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x----0-----2------------------- | 
E | -----0-----0--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x----0-----0------------------- | 


Or Mat will SOMETIMES play an Asus2 in place of the open chords when transitioning 
into the E, like this:


     u d u   d  d  u  d  d  u  d  d  u  u d u   d 

e | ---0-0-0---0--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--0-0-0---0------------------- | 
B | ---0-0-0---0--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--0-0-0---0------------------- | 
G | ---2-2-2---1--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--2-2-2---1------------------- | 
D | -----2-----2--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x----2-----2------------------- | 
A | -----0-----2--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x----0-----2------------------- | 
E | -----X-----0--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x----x-----0------------------- | 

Sometimes there is longer muted strumming.  This will just get you started and 
give you a feeling for
how to play the song.  Watch the videos to better learn what I'm talking about.

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Verse 1:

E5
   She don't know what she wants to be

E5
   With all the pictures in the magazines

E5
   Holding hands when she's mad at me

              E5
   'cause she don't wanna go, don't wanna go

E5   
   I met her at anthropologie

E5   
   Her purple boots and her golden dreams

E5   
   Standing there like a Tennessee queen

           E5
   Singing don't look at me, don't look at me

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Prechorus 1:

        E5
singing oh oh

                  A5 
won't you help me sing this song

           E5
Singing ee ee ee

               A5
She don't ever want to go to sleep

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Chorus 1:

       E5
Singing hey mama, don't want no drama

                            A5
Just a kiss before I leave

E5
   Hey lady, don't say maybe

                                   A5
You're the one that I can believe

C#5
   Hey lover, don't want no other

                   A5
finger for my ring

E5
   Hey mama, hey hey mama

A5
   Hey mama, hey hey mama

E5
   Hey mama, hey hey mama

A5
   Hey mama, hey hey mama

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Postchorus 1: (mute strings while strumming and play E chord throughout)

E5
Oh oh

Ooh oh oh oh

Ooh oh oh oh

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Verse 2: (Same as verse 1)

I can see it in her Cherokee eyes
Those baby browns and her golden thighs
Whatcha doin' for the rest of your life?
Cause you don't want, don't wanna go

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Prechorus 2: (Same as Prechorus 1)

singing oh oh
won't you help me sing this song
Singing ee ee ee
She playing like a mystery

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Chorus 2: (Same as chorus 1)

Singing hey mama, don't want no drama
Just a kiss before I leave
Hey lady, don't say maybe
You're the one that I can believe

Hey lover, don't want no other
finger for my ring

Hey mama, hey hey mama
Hey mama, hey hey mama
Hey mama, hey hey mama
Hey mama, hey hey mama

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Post chorus 3: (Same as Post chorus 1 and 2)


Oh oh
Ooh oh oh oh
Ooh oh oh oh

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Verse 3: (Same as verse 1 and 2)

Couldn't be more opposite
I'm hard to please and you're hard to get
You're Mississippi and I'm Oregon
You're sun tanned and I'm porcelain, singin'..

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Chorus (Same)

Hey mama, don't want no drama
Just a kiss before I leave
Hey lady, don't say maybe
You're the one that I can believe

Hey lover, don't want no other
finger for my ring

Hey mama, hey hey mama
Hey mama, hey hey mama
Hey mama, hey hey mama
Hey mama, hey hey mama

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Postchorus: (Same)

Oh oh
Ooh oh oh oh
Ooh oh oh oh

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END on E5