Better Tell Him No chords

[INTRO]
([Ab]Mama?) (What?) (I wanna ask you somethin')
(Yeah?) [Eb]

#1.
[Ab]Mama, if I meet a real fine boy and he says

that I'm his pride and joy.
[Db]Oh, if he walks me in the pale moon light.
[Ab]Oh, when he say he wanna hold me tight.
What must I [Eb]say, Mama, oh, [Db]tell me what must
I [Ab]say?

#2.
(Whoaaa-ohhh) [Abm]Tell him no, girl, tell that man..

tell him no, make him understand.
[Db]Unless he's got a preacher in his plan, tell him
[Ab]no, you better tell him, no.[Eb]

#3.
[Ab]But, Mama, if he say he love me so, and he say he'll

never let me go.
[Db]Oh, if he tell me that tonight's the night.
[Ab]Oh, when he's gonna make me see the light.
What must I [Eb]say, Mama, oh, [Db]tell me what must I [Ab]say?
([Ab]What [Db]must I [Ab]say?)

#4.
[Ab]Tell him no, girl, and take my advice, keep his hands
off the merchan[Db]dise.
[Db]Unless he's thinking about choosing rice, tell him [Ab]no,
you better tell him no.[Eb]

[BRIDGE]
[Db]Mama, he's fine.
Girl, I [Ab]hate to see you [Fm]cryin'.
If he [Db]go, he [Bbm]won't come back.
There's [Bb]another train moving on the [Eb]very same track.

#5.
[Ab]Ohhh, but maybe, maybe I can let him go or maybe when

he stay I'll feel aglow.
[Db]If I tell him no, what's on my mind, oh, [Ab]still he say

he wanna hold me tight.
What must I [Eb]say, Mama, oh, [Db]tell me what must I [Ab]say.
([Ab]What [Db]must I [Ab]say?)

#6.
[Ab]Whoa-oh, tell him no, girl, and play your part, don't
wanna see you with a broken [Db]heart.
Get the ring before the romance starts, tell him [Ab]no,
you better tell him no.[Eb]

[OUTRO]
[Db]Tell him no, girl, tell him no..[Ab]tell him no, girl, tell

him no.
[Db]Tell him no, girl, tell him no..[Ab]tell him, tell him, tell

him no..(Fade.)

A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.