Your Mama Don't Dance Loggins and Messina Tab by:omanyen@fusemail.com This a great hand-clapping, juke-jivin type of song, played with a swing-type of shuffle beat. This is best played with two accoustics, so I've tabbed both guitar parts. This version is done in "A". h=hammer r=rake( pull-off) /=slide up =slide down INTRO:(1st guitar) ---------------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------------| --2------------2------------2------------2------------2--| --2------2-4-2-2------2-4-2-2------2-4-2-2------2-4-2-2--| --0--3h4-------0--3h4-------0--3h4-------0--3h4-------0--| ---------------------------------------------------------| INTRO:(2nd guitar) --5----5--7--5----5--7--5----5--7--5----5--7--5----5--7--| --5----5--7--5----5--7--5----5--7--5----5--7--5----5--7--| --5h6--5--7--5h6--5--7--5h6--5--7--5h6--5--7--5h6--5--7--| ---------------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------------| CHORUS: A D A Your mama don't dance, your daddy don't rock and roll. ( play intro ) D A Your mama don't dance, your daddy don't rock and roll. ( play intro ) E D When evenin' comes around and it's time to go to town A way to go, you rock and roll. 1st VERSE: A D A The old folks say, you gotta end your date by ten. ( play intro ) D A If you're out on a date and you bring her home late it's a sin. ( play intro ) E D Just goes to show ya it proves that you know you're gonna lose A and never win, I'll say it again. And its all because- ( CHORUS ) Then go to bridge with a walk up : -------------------1/2--| -------------------2/3--| -------------------1/2--| -------------------0----| --0--1--2--3--4---------| ------------------------| BRIDGE: D You pull into a drive-way, you find a place to park. D You hop into the backseat, where you know it's nice and dark. D You're just about to groove and you think it's a breeze, D When there's a light in your eye and another guy says: OUTTA THE CAR LONG - HAIR!!!! E D A Louise, you're coming with me, and we'll call the police. ( CHORUS ) Any questions, comments, or complaints, feel free to E-mail me or post a thread at this sight.