Intro: E6 E

(Hello, I'm Giuseppe. I've got something special for you. Ready? Uno, due, tre, quattro)

Verse:
E6           E
When I was a boy
     E6                 E
Just about the eighth a grade
E6            E
Mamma used to say
         E6         E
'Don't a stay out a late
B7
With the bad boys, always shooting pool
               E6         E    A    A7
Giuseppe don't flunk school'

Verse:
E6                E
Boy it make-a me  sick
        E6             E
All the thing  I gotta do
  E6               E
I can't a getta no kicks
       E6            E
Always got to follow rules
 B7
Boy it make-a  me sick, Just to make the lousy bucks
       E6                    E
Got to feelin' like a fool
     A                 A7
(And Mamma used to say alla the time)

Chorus:
E6                E
What's 'a matter you
E6           E
Gotta no respec'
E6                    E
What do you think you do?
E6               E
Why you looka so sad
B7
It's a not so bad, It's a nice place
         E6          E
Ah, Shaddap you face
           A              A7
(That's my Mamma, I can remember. A big accordion solo:)

Instr: B7 E A

Verse:
E6                   E
Soon there'll come a day
      E6           E
Gonna be a big star.
          E6            E
Then I'll make TV shows and a movies
E6                    E
  Get a myself a new car
    B7
But still I'll be myself, I don't want to change a thing
        E6          E
Still a dance and a sing
   A                       A7
(I think about the Mamma - She used to say)

Chorus:
E6                E
What's 'a matter you - Hey
E6           E
Gotta no respec'
E6                    E
What do you think you do?
E6               E
Why you looka so sad
B7
It's a not so bad, It's a nice place
         E6     E                            A            A7
Ah, Shaddap you face     (Mamma, she said it alla the time)

E6                E
What's 'a matter you - Hey
E6           E
Gotta no respec'
E6                    E
What do you think you do?
E6               E
Why you looka so sad
B7
It's a not so bad, It's a nice place
         E6     E                 A        A7
Ah, Shaddap you face   (That's my mama).

(Spoken)

E6              E        E6               E
Hello, everybody. That's outta there inna radio and a TV land
E6                   E               E6              E
Did you know I had a big hit song in Italy with this:
B7
Shaddap you Face. I sing this song and all of my fans applaud,
     E
They clappa  their hands.
               A7
That make-a me feel so good.
                E6          E                 E6     E
If you want to learn-a this song. It's real simple.
         E6               E
You see, I sing "What's a matter you?'
         E6    E
You sing  "Hey".  Then I sing a the rest,
          B7
and then, at the end, we can all sing "Ah Shaddap You Face" ok?
       E                  A7
Let's try it, real easy   uno, due, tre, quattro.

Chorus:
E6                E
What's 'a matter you - Hey
E6           E
Gotta no respec'  - Hey
E6                    E
What do you think you do?  - Hey
E6               E
Why you looka so sad  - Hey
B7
It's a not so bad, - Hey - It's a nice place
         E6     E                         A7
Ah, Shaddap you face        (That's a great! We're gonna do it again)

E6                E
What's 'a matter you - Hey
E6           E
Gotta no respec'  - Hey
E6                    E
What do you think you do?  - Hey
E6               E
Why you looka so sad  - Hey
B7
It's a not so bad, - Hey - It's a nice place
         E6     E                         A7
Ah, Shaddap you face       (Okay, one time for mama, everybody)

E6                E
What's 'a matter you - Hey
E6           E
Gotta no respec'  - Hey
E6                    E
What do you think you do?  - Hey
E6               E
Why you looka so sad  - Hey
B7
It's a not so bad, - Hey - It's a nice place
         E
Ah, Shaddap you face !
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