MAMA TOLD ME (NOT TO COME) As recorded by Three Dog Night (From the 1970 Album IT AIN'T EASY) Transcribed by Slowhand Words and Music by Randy Newman Arranged by Three Dog Night
A Intro = 115 A`P7 1 e V gV V gV V gV V V Ie ee4 V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V
Gtr III (El. Piano arr. for 4 4 4 4 T 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 A 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 B
C 1st - 3rd Verses T A`7 4 e V gV V gV V gV V V V gV Ie ee V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V
4 4 4 4 4 T 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 A 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 B
8 e V gV V gV V V V gV V gV V Ie ee V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V
4 4 4 4 4 4 T 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 A 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 B
B Chorus A` V V V VgVV fV V V V fV eV V 12 e gV V V V gV V V V V V V V V V V Ie ee V V V V V V V V V V V j
4 4 16 14 13 (13) 13 T 7 7 7 16 16 14 (14) 14 14 17 16 13 5 5 5 5 5 5 17 17 13 (13) 13 13 13 13 A 6 6 6 6 6 18 18 18 B
e e k k c c Ie e gV V V V V V V V V V Gtr I (El. Gtr.) T A 4 6 B 3 3 4 (4) 5 6 4
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V V V V V V gVV fV V V V fV eV V V V gVV fV 16 e V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V Ie ee j j 16 14 13 (13) 13 16 14 13 T 16 16 14 (14) 14 14 17 16 13 16 16 14 17 17 13 (13) 13 13 13 13 17 17 13 A 18 18 18 18 18 18 B
e e k c c Ie e c gV V V V V V V V V V W V V V V T A 4 6 B 3 3 4 (4) 5 6 3 3 4 4 4
To Coda N.C. V V V V fV eV V V V fV V V V V V V 19 e V V V V V V Ie ee k u k u k 13 15 13 T 14 14 17 16 13 13 14 15 16 16 16 14 16 14 A 13 13 13 13 13 15 16 17 17 17 15 B
e e c j Ie e gV V V V V V V T A 4 6 B 5 6 4 H
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D Guitar Solo A` V V V V V VgVV fV V V V fV eV V V VgVV fV V V V fV eV V 22 e V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V Ie ee j j 16 14 13 13 13 16 14 13 (13) 13 T 16 16 14 14 14 14 17 16 13 16 16 14 (14) 14 14 17 16 13 17 17 13 13 13 13 13 13 17 17 13 (13) 13 13 13 13 A 18 18 18 18 18 18 B
e e k c c k c c Ie e gV V gV V fV V gV V W V V V V V V W fV eV Gtr I T A 4 6 4 4 3 (3) 4 6 B 3 3 4 (4) 5 6 7 6 4 4
3 fV V V fV e e fV V V V j V k V Ie e V V fV V gV fV V V V fV V V gV fV V V V fV Gtr II (El. Gtr.) Full [[[[[[[[ M T 12 9 12 4 9 10 13 10 10 A 6 6 6 4 9 11 10 9 B 7 8 11 8 11 11 9 8 8 11 11
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D.S. al Coda V V V VgVV fV V V V fV eV V 26 e V V V V V V V V V V V gV V gV V Ie ee j V V V V V V V V V V V
16 14 13 (13) 13 4 4 4 T 16 16 14 (14) 14 14 17 16 13 7 7 17 17 13 (13) 13 13 13 13 5 5 5 5 5 A 18 18 18 6 6 6 6 6 6 B
e e c c j Ie e c gV V W V V V V V V V V T A 4 6 B 3 3 4 (4) 5 6 4 4 H V e fV V V eV V V V gV V c Ie ee k fV V V fV V k j V Full Full
M 8 M 6 6 4 T 9 4 7 4 8 6 4 A 9 10 6 B sl. 4
E Outro N.C.S A` V V V V V fV V V V V V V V V gVV fV 30 e V V V V V V Ie ee k u k u k j 15 13 16 14 13 T 13 14 15 16 16 16 14 16 14 16 16 14 13 15 16 17 17 17 15 17 17 13 A 18 18 18 B e Ie ee j k c V W V V V T A B 3 3 4 4 4
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V V V V V fV eV V V V gVV fV V V V fV eV V 33 e V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V Ie ee j 13 16 14 13 (13) 13 T 14 14 17 16 13 16 16 14 (14) 14 14 17 16 13 13 13 13 13 17 17 13 (13) 13 13 13 13 A 18 18 18 B
e e c k c c Ie e gV V gV V fV V gV V V V V V W fV V eV T A 4 6 4 4 3 (3) 4 6 B 5 6 7 6 4
V V V V V V gVV fV V V V fV eV V V V gVV fV 36 e V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V Ie ee j j 16 14 13 (13) 13 16 14 13 T 16 16 14 (14) 14 14 17 16 13 16 16 14 17 17 13 (13) 13 13 13 13 17 17 13 A 18 18 18 18 18 18 B
e e k c c k c Ie e gV V gV V fV W V V V V V V V W T A 4 6 4 4 3 B 3 3 4 (4) 5 6 4 4
V V V V V fV eV V V V gVV fV V V V fV eV V 39 e V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V Ie ee j 13 16 14 13 (13) 13 T 14 14 17 16 13 16 16 14 (14) 14 14 17 16 13 13 13 13 13 17 17 13 (13) 13 13 13 13 A 18 18 18 B
ee e c j I e V fV V eV gV V V V fV V W V T A 4 6 0 1 2 3 B 7 6 4 1
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V V V V V V gVV fV V V V fV eV V V V gVV fV 42 e V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V Ie ee j j 16 14 13 (13) 13 16 14 13 T 16 16 14 (14) 14 14 17 16 13 16 16 14 17 17 13 (13) 13 13 13 13 17 17 13 A 18 18 18 18 18 18 B
e e Ie e V W V V V V V V fV W V V fV [[[[[[[[[[[[ T A 0 1 2 3 (3) 0 1 2 3 B 4 4 4
V V V V V fV eV V V V gVV fV V V V fV eV V 45 e V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V Ie ee j 13 16 14 13 (13) 13 T 14 14 17 16 13 16 16 14 (14) 14 14 17 16 13 13 13 13 13 17 17 13 (13) 13 13 13 13 A 18 18 18 B
ee e j I e V V fV V W V V V V Gtr I [[[[[[[[[[[[ T A 0 1 2 3 (3) B 1 4 4
e c Ie ee j k V Gtr II T A 6 B
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V V V V V V gVV fV V V V fV eV V V V gVV fV 48 e V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V Ie ee j j 16 14 13 (13) 13 16 14 13 T 16 16 14 (14) 14 14 17 16 13 16 16 14 17 17 13 (13) 13 13 13 13 17 17 13 A 18 18 18 18 18 18 B
e e k c k c Ie e gV V gV V fV W V V V V V V V V W T A 4 6 4 4 3 B 3 3 4 (4) 5 6 4 4
e c c c c c c c c c c c Ie ee k V V k V k V k V k V k V k V k V k V k V k V T A 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 B
V V V V V fV eV V V V gVV fV V V V fV eV V 51 e V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V Ie ee j 13 16 14 13 (13) 13 T 14 14 17 16 13 16 16 14 (14) 14 14 17 16 13 13 13 13 13 17 17 13 (13) 13 13 13 13 A 18 18 18 B
ee e c j I e V fV eV gV V V V fV V W V T A 4 6 0 1 2 3 B 7 6 4 1
e e k c k c Ie e V V V gV V T A 6 6 4 6 B 6
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V V V V V V gVV fV V V V fV eV V V V gVV fV 54 e V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V Ie ee j j 16 14 13 (13) 13 16 14 13 T 16 16 14 (14) 14 14 17 16 13 16 16 14 17 17 13 (13) 13 13 13 13 17 17 13 A 18 18 18 18 18 18 B
e e Ie e V W V V V V V V fV W V V fV T A 0 1 2 3 (3) 0 1 2 3 B 4 4 4
V V V V V fV eV V V V gVV fV V V V fV eV V 57 e V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V Ie ee j 13 16 14 13 (13) 13 T 14 14 17 16 13 16 16 14 (14) 14 14 17 16 13 13 13 13 13 17 17 13 (13) 13 13 13 13 A 18 18 18 B
ee e j I e V V fV V W V V V V [[[[[[[[[[[[ T A 0 1 2 3 (3) B 1 4 4
N.C. V V V V gVV fV V V V fV eV V V V fV V V 60 e V V V V V V V V V V V Ie ee j k u k u 16 14 13 (13) 13 T 16 16 14 (14) 14 14 17 16 13 13 14 15 16 16 17 17 13 (13) 13 13 13 13 13 15 16 17 17 A 18 18 18 B
e e k c c j Ie e gV V W V V V V V V V V T A 4 6 B 3 3 4 (4) 5 6 4 4
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rit. A` B`m Bm Cm N.C. V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V 63 V V V fV V V V V V V V V W ee e k V V k V V V V V V gV V W I e u 15 13 9 10 11 (11) T 16 14 16 14 13 11 12 13 (13) 14 13 (13) 11 17 15 13 15 13 (13) 11 A 10 11 12 13 (13) B
V V fV V W ee e V V k V k V W j I e u 4 6 7 8 (8) T A 5 6 7 8 (8) B V fV W U 67 e gV V W U Ie ee u T 12 (12) A 12 (12) B
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