Capo at 7th, transpose +7,(or leave like this to sing with baritones!)
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C#/D# D# (repeat 4x)
E B A E
Mother told me, yes she told me, I'd meet girls like you.
E B A E
She also told me, stay away, you'll never know what you'll catch
A B E
Just the other day I heard of a soldier's falling off
A B E
Some Indonesian junk that's going 'round
E C#m B A
Mommy's all right, Daddy's all right, they just seem a little weird
E C#m B A
Surrender, Surrender, but don't give yourself away....away, away--ay-ay-ay
D/E E (repeat 2x)
E B A E
Father says your mother's right, she's really up on things.
E B A E
Before we married, Mommy served in the WAACs in the Philippines.
A B E
Now I had heard the WAACs recruited old maids for the war
A B E
But Mommy isn't one of those, I've known her all these years.
E C#m B A
Mommy's all right, Daddy's all right, they just seem a little weird
E C#m B A
Surrender, Surrender, but don't give yourself away....away, away--ay-ay-ay
D/E E (repeat 2x)
F C Bb F
Whatever happened to all this season's loosers of the year?
F C Bb F
Every time I got to thinking 'Where'd they disappear?'
Bb C F
Then I woke up, Mom and Dad are rolling on the couch
Bb C F
Rolling numbers, rock and rolling, got my Kiss records out.
F Dm C Bb
Mommy's all right, Daddy's all right, they just seem a little weird
F Dm C Bb C F Bb F C F Bb F C
Surrender, Surrender, but don't give yourself away....away, away--ay-ay-ay
F x3 F Dm C Bb F G F G C Bb F