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[Intro 1] [D] [Verse 1] [D]Mama don't like your holey shoes Scrapping in the back yard - 4 Be 2 Daddy's smokin' motor didn't make it up the hill [Dm]Mama can't pay, she got one day, [Verse 2] she got no money for the telephone bill [Dm]Tighten [D]up,[Dm] tighten up Everything falls [D]apart[Dm] Mama says to Papa now - Where ya been? Papa says I'm sorry mama, I got a full skin [Verse 3] [Dm]Mama get excited, she having an attack Mama spins round, daddy hits the ground For too long now she been taking up the slack [D]Tighten [Dm]up, tighten up [D][Dm][D] [Verse 4] Everything [Dm]falls a[G]part[Dm] [G][Dm][G][Dm][D][Dm][G][Dm][G][Dm] Jimmy coming home now - see him on the run Mama's going through the cupboards- - looking for a can Daddy on a ladder, T.V. on the [D]blink [Dm]Mama [Verse 5] can't think, Daddy's feeling like a drink And all the dirty dishes Lord are pil [D]ing[Dm] up the[D] sin[Dm]k Tighten up, tighten up Everything falls [G]apart[Dm] [G][Dm][G][Dm][D] [Verse 6] [D]Tighten up[Dm], ti[D]ghte[Dm]n up Everything falls apart
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