Originally in B, I play in G, highest note that matters is the 5
This version omits the key change at the end, for guitar reasons more than vocal reasons
This is not a typo, this actually happens a half-step lower this time than all the other times
| E/F# | F# |
| E/F# | F# |
Vox on the 5 on “mother”
| G | D |
| Mother told me, | yes she told me |
| C | G |
| I’d meet girls like | you |
| G | D | |
| She | also told me | stay away |
| C | G | |
| You’ll | never know what you’ll | catch |
| C | D |
| Just the other | day I heard |
| G | |
| Of a | soldier’s falling off |
| C | D | |
| Some | Indonesian | junk |
| G | |
| That’s going ‘ | round |
| G | Em7 |
| Mommy’s alright, | Daddy’s alright |
| Dsus4 | C | |
| They | just seem a little | weird |
| G | Em7 | |
| Sur | render, sur | render |
| Dsus4 | C | C | C | |
| But | don’t give yourself a | way, | hey-ey-ey-ey, | hey-ay-ay |
| F/G | G |
| F/G | G |
| G | D |
| Father says your | mother’s right |
| C | G | |
| She’s | really up on | things |
| G | D | |
| Be | fore we married | Mommy served |
| C | G | |
| In the | WACs in the Philip | pines |
| C | D | |
| Now | I had heard the | WACs recruited |
| G |
| Old maids for the war |
| C | D | |
| But | Mommy isn’t | one of those |
| G | |
| I’ve | known her all these years |
| G | Em7 |
| Mommy’s alright, | Daddy’s alright |
| Dsus4 | C | |
| They | just seem a little | weird |
| G | Em7 | |
| Sur | render, sur | render |
| Dsus4 | C | C | C | |
| But | don’t give yourself a | way, | hey-ey-ey-eyy, | hey-ay-ay |
| F/G | G |
| F/G | G |
| G | D |
| Whatever happened to | all this season’s |
| C | G |
| Losers of the | year |
| G | D |
| Every time I | got to thinking |
| C | G |
| Where’d they disa | ppear |
| C | D |
| Then I woke up, | Mom and Dad |
| G | |
| Are | rolling on the couch |
| C | D |
| Rolling numbers, | rock and rolling |
| G | |
| Got | my Kiss records out |
| G | Em7 |
| Mommy’s alright, | Daddy’s alright |
| Dsus4 | C | |
| They | just seem a little | weird |
| G | Em7 | |
| Sur | render, sur | render |
| Dsus4 | C | C | C | |
| But | don’t give yourself | away, | hey-ey-ey-ey, | hey-ay-ay |
| G | C | G | D | |
| Awa | y |
| G | C | G | D | |
| Awa | y |
With “surrender, surrender”
| G | Em7 |
| Mommy’s alright, | Daddy’s alright |
| Dsus4 | C | |
| But | don’t give yourself | away |
| G | Em7 |
| Mommy’s alright, | Daddy’s alright |
| Dsus4 | C | |
| But | don’t give yourself | away |
| G | Em7 |
| Mommy’s alright, | Daddy’s alright |
| Dsus4 | C | |
| But | don’t give yourself | away |
| G | Em7 |
| Mommy’s alright, | Daddy’s alright |
| Dsus4 | C | |
| But | don’t give yourself | away |