[Intro]
C#
[Verse]
C#
If she wants to dance and drink all night
F#
then there’s no one that can stop her.
A#m
She’s going until the house lights
F#
come up or her stomach spills onto the floor.
C#
This night is going to end when
F#
we’re damn well ready for it to be over.
A#m
Worked all week long now
F#
the music is playing on our time.
G# F#
We do what we do to get by,
and then we need a release
[Chorus]
C#
Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah
F#
Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah
A#m
Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah
F#
Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah
[Verse]
C#
You get mixed up with the wrong guys,
F#
you get messed up on the wrong drugs.
A#m
Sometimes the party takes you places
F#
that you didn’t really plan on going.
C#
When people see the track marks on her arms
F#
she knows what they’re thinking.
A#m
She keeps on working for that minimum,
F#
as if a high school education offered
any other options.
A#m F#
They don’t know nothing about redemption.
C# F#
They don’t know nothing about recovery.
G#
Some people just ain’t the type
F#
for marriage and family.
[Chorus]
C#
No mother ever dreams that her daughters
going to grow up to be a junkie.
(Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah)
F#
Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah
A#m
No mother ever dreams that her daughters
going to grow up to sleep alone.
(Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah)
F#
Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah
[Chorus]
C#
No mother ever dreams that her daughters
going to grow up to be a junkie.
(Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah)
F#
Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah
A#m
No mother ever dreams that her daughters
going to grow up to sleep alone.
(Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah)
F#
Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah
[Verse]
C#
She’s out of step with the style,
F#
she don’t know where the actions happening
A#m
You know the downtown club scene
F#
ain’t nothing like it used to be.
C#
You reach a point where there’s not a lie
F#
in the world that you could use to make
A#m
the believe your still in your twenties.
F#
They keep getting younger don't they baby.
A#m
She’s not waiting for someone
F#
to come over and ask for the privilege.
C#
She can still hear that Rebel Yell
F# G#
just as loud as it was in 1983.
There ain’t no Johnny coming home to share
F#
a bed with her and she doesn’t care.
[Chorus]
C#
No mother ever dreams that her daughters
going to grow up to be a junkie.
(Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah)
F#
Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah
A#m
No mother ever dreams that her daughters
going to grow up to sleep alone.
(Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah)
F#
Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah
[Chorus]
C#
No mother ever dreams that her daughters
going to grow up to be a junkie.
(Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah)
F#
Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah
A#m
No mother ever dreams that her daughters
going to grow up to sleep alone.
(Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah)
F#
Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah
[Chorus]
C#
No mother ever dreams that her daughters
going to grow up to be a junkie.
(Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah)
F#
Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah
A#m G#
If she had to live it all over again
F#
you know she wouldn’t change anything
C#~
for the world.
[Intro]
C#
[Verse]
C#
If she wants to dance
and drink all night
F#
then there’s no
one that can stop her.
A#m
She’s going
until the house lights
F#
come up or her stomach
spills onto the floor.
C#
This night is going to end when
F#
we’re damn well
ready for it to be over.
A#m
Worked all week long now
F#
the music is playing on our time.
G# F#
We do what we do to get by,
and then we need a release
[Chorus]
C#
Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah
F#
Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah
A#m
Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah
F#
Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah
[Verse]
C#
You get mixed up
with the wrong guys,
F#
you get messed up
on the wrong drugs.
A#m
Sometimes the party
takes you places
that you didn’t
F#
really plan on going.
C#
When people see the
track marks on her arms
F#
she knows what they’re
thinking.
A#m
She keeps on working
for that minimum,
F#
as if a high school
education offered
any other options.
A#m They don’t know
F#
nothing about redemption.
C# They don’t know
F#
nothing about recovery.
G#
Some people just
ain’t the type
F#
for marriage and family.
[Chorus]
C#
No mother ever dreams
that her daughters
going to grow up to be a junkie.
(Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah)
F#
Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah
A#m
No mother ever dreams
that her daughters
going to grow up to sleep alone.
(Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah)
F#
Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah
[Chorus]
C#
No mother ever dreams
that her daughters
going to grow up to be a junkie.
(Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah)
F#
Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah
A#m
No mother ever dreams
that her daughters
going to grow up to sleep alone.
(Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah)
F#
Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah
[Verse]
C#
She’s out of
step with the style,
F#
she don’t know where
the actions happening
A#m
You know the downtown club scene
ain’t nothing
F#
like it used to be.
C#
You reach a point where
there’s not a lie
in the world that
F#
you could use to make
the believe your still
A#m
in your twenties.
They keep getting younger
F#
don't they baby.
A#m
She’s not
waiting for someone
F#
to come over and ask
for the privilege.
C#
She can still hear that Rebel Yell
F# G#
just as loud as it was in 1983.
There ain’t no Johnny coming home to share
F#
a bed with her and
she doesn’t care.
[Chorus]
C#
No mother ever dreams
that her daughters
going to grow up to be a junkie.
(Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah)
F#
Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah
A#m
No mother ever dreams
that her daughters
going to grow up to sleep alone.
(Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah)
F#
Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah
[Chorus]
C#
No mother ever dreams
that her daughters
going to grow up to be a junkie.
(Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah)
F#
Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah
A#m
No mother ever dreams
that her daughters
going to grow up to sleep alone.
(Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah)
F#
Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah
[Chorus]
C#
No mother ever dreams
that her daughters
going to grow up to be a junkie.
(Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah)
F#
Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah
A#m If she had to live
G#
it all over again
F#
you know she wouldn’t
change anything
C#~
for the world.