Surrender
Cheap Trick
Intro: Ab/Bb x2
Verse 1:
B F#
Mother told me, yes she told me
E B
I’d meet girls like you
B F#
She also told me stay away
E B
You’ll never know what you’ll catch
E F#
Just the other day I heard
B
Of a soldier’s falling off
E F#
Some Indonesian junk
B
That’s going ‘round
Chorus 1:
B Ab
Mommy’s alright, Daddy’s alright
F# E
They just seem a little weird
B Ab
Surrender, surrender
F# E (hold) E F#
But don’t give yourself away -ay -ayyy
Pre-Verse: A/B x2
Verse 2:
B F#
Father says your mother's right
E B
She's really up on things
B F#
Before we married Mommy served
E B
In the WACs in the Philippines
E F#
Now I had heard the WACs recruited
B
Old maids for the war
E F#
But Mommy isn't one of those
B
I've known her all these years
Repeat Chorus 1
Pre-Verse: A/B x2
C G
Whatever happened to all this season's
F C
Losers of the year
C G
Every time I got to thinking
F C
Where'd they disappear
F G
Then I woke up, Mom and Dad
C
Are rolling on the couch
F G
Rolling numbers, rock and rolling
C
Got my Kiss records out
Chorus 2:
C A
Mommy’s alright, Daddy’s alright
G F
They just seem a little weird
C A
Surrender, surrender
G F (hold) F G
But don’t give yourself away -ay -ayyy
Break: C F C G(hold) x2
Repeat Chorus 2 x4