Originally in A, I play in E
Intro
| E | D | A/C# | G | D/F# |
| → | → | → |
| E | D | A/C# | G | D/F# |
| Ooooh | → | → |
| E | D | A/C# | G | D/F# |
| → | → | → |
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# |
| → | → | → |
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# |
| → | → | → |
Solo on verse chords
| E | D | A/C# | G | D/F# |
| → | → | → |
| E | D | A/C# | G | D/F# |
| → | → | → |
| B | D |
| E | D | A/C# | G | D/F# |
| → | → | → |
| E | D | A/C# | G | D/F# |
| → | → | → |
| 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 |