Biography:
Gary Morris (born December 7, 1948) is an American country music singer and theater actor. Enjoying a string of 'countrypolitan' hit songs throughout the 80s, he's best known for the 1983 ballad "Wind Beneath My Wings" as well as for his famous role in the critically acclaimed 'Les Misérables' musical, with Morris playing Jean Valjean for many years on stage and also starring in its internationally popular 1989 soundtrack album. He's been successful in other acting gigs as well.
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[Intro]
G G G G G G G G G G G G C
[Verse 1]
C G
As a young boy my mama used to make me walk the line,
C G
even then as now, women were a weakness of mine,
C
in grade school I was a mess,
D
just pulling up some little girls dress,
C
teacher send me home from school..."what a witch",
D
mama'd say...bad boy go get me that switch
[Chorus]
G
Mama you can't give me no whippin'
C
just for staying out all night
G
Mama you can't give me no whippin'
C D
I'm old enough to know wrong from right
G
Mama you can't turn me over your knees
C D
it's embarrassing to a man like me
C D G
Mama I think that I got something that the girls like
C D G
Mama I think I might have something that the girls like
[Verse 2]
C
I must have been about 13
G
when this feeling came over me
C
started to learning how to talk the girls
G
out of their virginity
C
I'd sneak'em out in the light of the moon
D
slip'em up into my bedroom
C
Mama catch us there without a stitch
D
she'd say.... bad boy, go get me that switch
[Chorus]
G
Mama you can't give me no whippin'
C
just for staying out all night
G
Mama you can't give me no whippin'
C D
I'm old enough to know wrong from right
G
Mama you can't turn me over your knees
C D
it's embarrassing to a man like me
C D G
Mama I think that I got something that the girls like
C D G
Mama I think I might have something that the girls like
[Verse 3]
C G
I remember celebrating my 18th birthday
C
I started out on the town in the evening
G
and I heard Mama scream... boy don't you be late
C
well I rolled in about four A.M.
D
didn't know where I was, and where I'd been
C
there stood Mama with a belt in her hand
D
I said,... Hey Mama, your boy's a man
[Chorus] (x2)
G
Mama you can't give me no whippin'
C
just for staying out all night
G
Mama you can't give me no whippin'
C D
I'm old enough to know wrong from right
G
Mama you can't turn me over your knees
C D
it's embarrassing to a man like me
C D G
Mama I think that I got something that the girls like
C D G
Mama I think I might have something that the girls like
G G G G G G G G G G G G C
[Verse 1]
C G
As a young boy my mama used to make me walk the line,
C G
even then as now, women were a weakness of mine,
C
in grade school I was a mess,
D
just pulling up some little girls dress,
C
teacher send me home from school..."what a witch",
D
mama'd say...bad boy go get me that switch
[Chorus]
G
Mama you can't give me no whippin'
C
just for staying out all night
G
Mama you can't give me no whippin'
C D
I'm old enough to know wrong from right
G
Mama you can't turn me over your knees
C D
it's embarrassing to a man like me
C D G
Mama I think that I got something that the girls like
C D G
Mama I think I might have something that the girls like
[Verse 2]
C
I must have been about 13
G
when this feeling came over me
C
started to learning how to talk the girls
G
out of their virginity
C
I'd sneak'em out in the light of the moon
D
slip'em up into my bedroom
C
Mama catch us there without a stitch
D
she'd say.... bad boy, go get me that switch
[Chorus]
G
Mama you can't give me no whippin'
C
just for staying out all night
G
Mama you can't give me no whippin'
C D
I'm old enough to know wrong from right
G
Mama you can't turn me over your knees
C D
it's embarrassing to a man like me
C D G
Mama I think that I got something that the girls like
C D G
Mama I think I might have something that the girls like
[Verse 3]
C G
I remember celebrating my 18th birthday
C
I started out on the town in the evening
G
and I heard Mama scream... boy don't you be late
C
well I rolled in about four A.M.
D
didn't know where I was, and where I'd been
C
there stood Mama with a belt in her hand
D
I said,... Hey Mama, your boy's a man
[Chorus] (x2)
G
Mama you can't give me no whippin'
C
just for staying out all night
G
Mama you can't give me no whippin'
C D
I'm old enough to know wrong from right
G
Mama you can't turn me over your knees
C D
it's embarrassing to a man like me
C D G
Mama I think that I got something that the girls like
C D G
Mama I think I might have something that the girls like
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