Written by Mark Oliver Everett/Mike Sawitzke
Intro : Riff x2 Fm Your mama warned you, she was probably right D# C Said I be trouble all day and all night Fm She said my kind is not to take an old kind D# C She told them better was out there to find Fm Your mama warned you and she doesn't needs words D# C A life with him high that's for the birds Fm She said you listen and you take it from me D# C You just can't be what he needin to be G# A# Em Em But you can't believe everything she says G# A# Em Em There's a home called heaven within my head, You know that I mean well Riff Fm Your mama warned you with an arrogant tone D# C Don't be a fool girl leave him alone Fm She so superior and so she just think D# C But I don’t trust someone who’s eyes never blink G# A# Em Em No, you can't believe everything she says G# A# Em Em There's a home called heaven within my head, You know that I mean well F Cm Gm Dm A# Dm All the things she’ll never understand D# I’ll know she’ll never be a fan A# F But she’s not you Riff Fm Your mama warned you, she was probably right D# C Said I be trouble all day and all night Fm She said my kind is not to take an old kind D# C She told them better was out there to find G# A# Em Em And you can't believe everything she says G# A# Em Em There's a home called heaven within my head, You know that I mean well Fm Your mama warned you.