[Intro]
Dm G Dm G
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[Verse 1]
Dm G
Yeah, the streets are rumblin’ with the Detroit diesel
Dm G
We been ridin’ all night to bring the party to the people
Dm G
Who spent that workweek money, hard-earned
Dm G
For a ticket to the show and a black T-shirt
[Chorus]
Dm
I’m talkin’ Alabama, New Orleans to Mississippi
G
Chicago, where the girls are so Windy City pretty
Dm
Up to Maine, to the plains, to the Midwest fields
G
Out to California with some fire on wheels
C
‘Cause everybody knows when the sun goes down
[Verse 2]
G Dm
There’s some bad mamajamas gonna lay it down on your town
With some rock ‘n’ roll and country western
The boys buy the drinks
Dm C
When the girls get to dancin’ to the six-string circus
G
And the beat of that drum
Dm C G Dm C G
Look out, mama, here they come!………..
[Chorus]
Dm
I’m talkin’ Alabama, New Orleans to Mississippi
G
Chicago, where the girls are so Windy City pretty
Dm
Up to Maine, to the plains, to the Midwest fields
G
Out to California with some fire on wheels
C
‘Cause everybody knows when the sun goes down
G Dm G Dm
There’s some bad mamajamas gonna lay it down on your town……..
G Dm G Dm G
Yeah, oh………….
[Chorus]
Dm
I’m talkin’ Alabama, New Orleans to Mississippi
G
Chicago, where the girls are so Windy City pretty
Dm
Up to Maine, to the plains, to the Midwest fields
G
Out to California with some fire on wheels
C
‘Cause everybody knows when the sun goes down
Dm
There’s some bad mamajamas gonna lay it down on your town
C G
With some rock ‘n’ roll and country western
Dm C
The boys buy the drinks
G Dm G
When the girls get to dancin’ to the band…
Dm G Dm C G
To the band,. yeah………