Originally in A, I play in E
Intro
E | D | A/C# | G | D/F# |
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E | D | A/C# | G | D/F# |
Ooooh | → | → |
E | D | A/C# | G | D/F# |
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Vox on b7 b7 1 on “party gown”
E | |
Get your | party gown, and get your pigtail down |
D | A/C# | G | D/F# | |
And get your heart beatin’, baby | → | → | → |
E | |
Got my | timin’ right, got my act all tight |
D | A/C# | G | D/F# | |
It’s gotta be tonight, my little schoolbabe | → | → | → |
Vox on the 1 of the chord on “mamma”
B | |
Your | mamma says you don’t, and your daddy says you won’t |
And I’m boilin’ up inside
D | E | |
Ain’t no way I’m | gonna lose out this | time |
E | E | D/F# | G | E/G# |
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Vox on the 4 of the chord on “tie”
A |
Tie your mother down, tie your mother down |
E | D | A/C# | E | |
Lock your | daddy out of | doors, I | don’t need | him nosin’ around |
A |
Tie your mother down, tie your mother down |
D | A/C# | G | D/F# | E | |
Give me | all | your | love | to | night |
E | D | A/C# | G | D/F# |
→ | → | → |
E | |
You’re such a | dirty louse, go get out of my house |
D | A/C# | G | D/F# | |
That’s all I ever get from you | → | → | → |
E |
Family ties, in fact I don’t think I ever heard |
D | A/C# | G | D/F# | |
A single little civil word from those guys | → | → | → |
Vox around the 3 of the chord
B | |
But you know | I don’t give a light, I’m gonna make out all right |
D | |
I’ve got a sweetheart hand to put a stop to | all that |
E |
Snipin’ an’ grousin’ all night |
E | D/F# | G | E/G# |
→ | → | → |
A |
Tie your mother down, tie your mother down |
E | D | A/C# | E | |
Take y | our little bro | ther swim | min’ with a | brick, that’s all right |
A |
Tie your mother down, tie your mother down |
D | A/C# | G | D/F# | E | |
Or you | ain’t | no | friend | of | mine |
E | D | A/C# | G | D/F# |
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Solo on verse chords
E | D | A/C# | G | D/F# |
→ | → | → |
E | D | A/C# | G | D/F# |
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B | D |
E | D | A/C# | G | D/F# |
→ | → | → |
E | D | A/C# | G | D/F# |
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B | |
Your | mummy and your daddy are gonna plague me till I die |
D | |
Why can’t they understand I’m just a | peace lovin’ guy |
With hard stops
E | E | E |
→ |
E | D/F# | G | E/G# |
→ | → | → |
A |
Tie your mother down, tie your mother down |
With hard stops on every “big”
E | |
Get that | big, big, big, big, big, big daddy out of doors |
A |
Tie your mother down, tie your mother down |
D | A/C# | G | D/F# | E | |
Give me | all | your | love | to | night |
E | D | A | G | D/F# | E |
All | your | love | toni | ght |
E | D | A | G | D/F# |
Give me every inch of your love |
E | D | A | G | D/F# | E |
All | your | love tonight |
E | D | A | G | D/F# | A | E |
Gotta get my timing right | All yo | ur love | toni | ght |