Motorcycle Mama (1972)    (video)

 

    E - A - E    - B7 - A - E - B7 - E

 

    E

1.      Tell your daddy and your mama, too,

E

    you've got something better to do

A

    than stick around the house the rest of your life,

E

    you're 18, you can do what you like.

                            B7                                     A

    You'll be the queen of my highway, my Motorcycle Mama,

              E                 B7                    E

    and we'll see the world from my Harley.

 

              E

2. We'll get matching jackets and helmets, too,

E

    we'll get respect from the towns we ride through,

A

    we'll sleep at the roadside in the soft green grass,

                          E

    and if the squares go by, we'll let them pass.

                            B7                                     A

    You'll be the queen of my highway, my Motorcycle Mama,

              E                 B7                    E

    and we'll see the world from my Harley.

 

A                                     

    And maybe in a year or two,

                        E                       E7

    we'll have a little one, she'll look just like you,

             A

    we'll add on a sidecar, electric guitar,

     B7                          A

    we'll be a trio, the baby makes three, oh.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    E

3.      Tell your daddy and your mama, too,

E

    you've got something better to do

A

    than stick around the house the rest of your life,

E

    you're 18, you can be my wife.

                            B7                                     A

    You'll be the queen of my highway, my Motorcycle Mama,

              E                 B7                    E

    and we'll see the world from my Harley,

              E                 B7                    E

    and we'll see the world from my Harley,

              E                 B7                    E

    and we'll see the world from my Harley.

                                                     E

    (spoken : ) If the chain don't break.

 

    (Sailcat)