[INTRO]
Dm | A/C# | Am/C Abdim7/B | A |
 A |      |
 
 
[VERSE 1]
Dm                         Abdim7
Tried to sneak out without say - ing
A                 A7/C# Dm
With my loudest record  playing
     A              Dm/A                                Asus4 A
Ooh, my mama said, "Look at this, you haven't done your bed"
C7             Dsus4/A  Dm/A                       A
My mama said, "That's a thing that you should do instead
 
 
[VERSE 2]
D                        Abdim7
Yeah, I did what she had told  me
A                      Dm
Dying for my friend to hold me
     A              Dm/A                           Asus4 A
Ooh, my mama said, "Try to get one thing into your head"
A7             Dsus4/A    Dm/A                     Asus4 A
My mama said, "Pa     and me, we give you room and bed"
 
 
[CHORUS 1]
      Dm
How I wanna live my life
Bbmaj7
Wanna live my life
Gm       A             Dm
La-la-la,la-la-la, life
 
 
[INTERLUDE 1]
( Dm )| A/C# | Am/C Abdim7/B | A |
   A  |      |
 
 
[VERSE 3]
Dm                      Abdim7
In the morning she said li  -  sten
A                     Dm
Ooh, I felt like in a prison
      A              Dm/A                              A
Yeah, my mama said, "I know you've been out again with Fred" (My mama said)
A7             Dsus4/A    Dm/A                          A
My mama said, "Don't  you lie, your cheeks are blushing red" (My mama said)
 
 
[CHORUS 2]
      Dm
Oh, I wanna live my life
Bbmaj7
Wanna live my life
Gm       A             Dm
La-la-la,la-la-la, life
 
 
[INTERLUDE 2]
( Dm )| A/C# | Am/C Abdim7/B | A |
(guitar solo)
 A11  |      |               |   |
 A11  |      |               |   |
 A    |      |
 
 
[VERSE 4]
Dm                    Abdim7
I said, "I can live without him,
A                     Dm
How I wish I wouldn't doubt him"
       A              Dm/A                        Asus4 A
Oh oh, my mama said, "If  you want to hurt me go ahead" (My mama said)
A7             Dsus4/A   Dm/A                     Asus4 A
My mama said, "I      suppose you'd rather see me dead" (My mama said)
 
 
[FINAL CHORUS]
      Dm
Oh, I wanna live my life
Bbmaj7
Wanna live my life
Gm       A             Dm
La-la-la,la-la-la, life
 
 
[OUTRO] - to fade
Bb       C             Dm
La-la-la, la-la-la, life!
Gm       A             Dm7
La-la-la, la-la-la, life!
Bb       C             Dm
La-la-la, la-la-la, life!