Tie Your Mother Down

          A 
Get your party gown 
Get your pigtail down 
Get your heart beatin? baby 
 
G D C G 
        A 
Got my timin? right 
Got my act all tight 
It?s gotta be tonight my little 
    G     G D C 
Schoolbabe 
G    E 
Your mama says you don?t 
And your Daddy says you won?t 
And I?m boilin? up inside 
                   G              A 
Ain?t no way I?m gonna lose out this time 
 
D 
Tie your Mother down 
Tie your Mother down 
A 
Lock your Daddy out of doors 
I don?t need him nosing around 
D 
Tie your Mother down 
Tie your Mother down 
         G   D    C   G   A 
Give me all your love tonight 
 
A 
You?re such a dirty louse 
Go get outta my house 
                              G D C  G 
That?s all I ever get from your...your 
A 
Family ties, in fact I don?t think I ever heard 
A single little civil word 
        G D C G 
from those guys 
E 
But you know I don?t give a light 
I?m gonna make out all right 
I?ve got a sweetheart hand 
                  G 
To put a stop to all that 
A                   A G C A 
Grousin? an? snipin? 
D 
Tie your Mother down 
Tie your Mother down 
A 
Take your little brother swimmin? 
With a brick (that?s all right) 
D 
Tie your Mother down, 
Tie your Mother down 
        G    D     C    G   A 
Or you ain?t no friend of mine 
 
E 
Your momma and your Daddy gonna 
Plague me til I die 
Why can?t they understand I?m just a 
G                A  A G C A 
Peace lovin? guy 
 
D 
Tie your Mother down 
                       A 
Tie your Mother down. . .etc etc. . .