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Transcribed by: asf0@comcast.net  Alice Franceschini
Date:  July 10, 2017
Album: CD Borderline
Written by:  Kix Brooks, Ronnie Dunn, and Don Cook
Note:


 MAMA DON'T GET DRESSED UP FOR NOTHIN' - Brooks and Dunn

Listen to the recording to get the timing
INTRO:	drum intro and signature riff played 2x

RIFF:  B means to bend the string.   c mean play chord over this number
Necessary due to misalignment of chords after you download.

D+g = 000234    D=000232  A=002220


High notes
 D+g       D               A          D+g        D      A
-c3-3-3-3-c2----------------------c3-3-3-3-c2-----------   2X
----------------B3--1------1--3---------------------c3-----
-------------------------c2-----------------------------------
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Lower notes
A
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--------0---------0---------------------------------
-0--3-----0--3--------3--2--0---------------------
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VERSE:1
 A
I said, "Hey cowboy, get off of that couch".

And the party's on you and we're goin' out.
             D
Got my low cut dress and my knee high boots.
	              A
I'm like money to burn and nothin' to lose.
		  E
You're the man of the house; you better think of somethin'.
 Astop			                         play the high\low notes 2x
'Cause mama don't get dressed up for nothin'."

VERSE:2
	A
I said, "I've been couped in this house all week.

It's time to pick it up and move it down to party street."
                              D
I said, "Saddle up Hoss; it's your lucky day.
                                       A
And I'm a she-cat tiger comin' out of the cage.
		  E
And we can go high rollin', or beer joint jumpin'.
 Astop				play the high\low notes 2x	
Mama don't get dressed up for nothin'."

BRIDGE:
	    D
I'm a party animal, a little high strung.
       A
He sees me bettin' and he raises me one.
              D
Oh, he loves it when I get wound up.
               E			     D
He's my Jack of Hearts, I'm his Lady Luck---.

SOLO:  (D, A, D, E)piano (A, D, A, E-F#-G-A-B-C#-D)guitar

VERSE:3
	A
We're gonna find a little place where we can rip and roll.

We gonna cut a deep groove in that hardwood floor.
 D
Set up the shooters and break out the cream.
   A
Throw a whole roll of quarters in the boogie machine.
	  E
We're gonna turn up the heat and keep the jukebox humpin'.
	   Astop			      play the high\low notes 2x	
'Cause mama don't get dressed up for nothin'.

ENDING:
               E	
Go high rollin' and beer joint jumpin'.
  A
Mama don't get dressed up for nothin'.
                        E
Say Babe, you better think of somethin'.
 A
'Cause mama don't get dressed up for nothin'.    play the high\low notes 3x