INTRO   Dm    A/C#   C6   E7 
                A      A         A 
 
(VERSE) (Dm) Tried to sneak out without (Ddim) saying 
(A) With my loudest record (Dm) playing 
Ooh, (A) my mama said, Look at (D/A) this, you haven't done your bed (A) 
(A7) My mama said, That's a (D/A) thing that you should do instead (A) 
 
(VERSE) Yeah, I did what she had told me 
Dying for my friend to hold me 
Ooh, my mama said, Try and get one thing into your head 
My mama said, Pa and me, we give you room and bread 
How I (Dm) wanna live my life 
(Bbmaj7) Wanna live my life 
(Gm6) La-la-la,  (A7#5) la-la-la, (Dm) life 
 
(Dm)   (A/C#)  (C6)  (E7)   (A)  (A)  (A) 
 
(VERSE) In the morning she said, Listen 
Ooh, I felt like in a prison 
Yeah, my mama said, I know you've been out again with Fred 
(My mama said) 
My mama said, Don't you lie, your cheeks are blushing red 
(My mama said) 
Oh I wanna live my life 
Wanna live my life 
La-la-la, la-la-la, life 
 
Intro chords 
 
Guitar solo   A9  A7     A9  A7    A9  A7    A9  A7    A  A 
 
(VERSE) I said, I can't live without him 
How I wish you wouldn't doubt him 
Oh oh, my mama said, If you want to hurt me go ahead 
(My mama said) 
My mama said, I suppose you'd rather see me dead 
(My mama said) 
Oh I wanna live my life 
Wanna live my life 
La-la-la, la-la-la, life 
La-la-la, la-la-la, life 
La-la-la, la-la-la, life 
(Bb) La-la-la, © la-la-la, (Dm) life