A#
Get your party gown
Get your pigtail down
Get your heart beatinʼ baby
G# D# C# G#
A#
Got my timinʼ right
Got my act all tight
Itʼs gotta be tonight my little
G# G# D# C#
Schoolbabe
G# F7
Your mama says you donʼt
And your Daddy says you wonʼt
And Iʼm boilinʼ up inside
G# A#
Ainʼt no way Iʼm gonna lose out this time
D#
Tie your Mother down
Tie your Mother down
A#
Lock your Daddy out of doors
I donʼt 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#
Youʼre such a dirty louse
Go get outta my house
G# D# C# G#
Thatʼs all I ever get from your...your
A#
Family ties, in fact I donʼt think I ever heard
A single little civil word
G# D# C# G#
from those guys
F7
But you know I donʼt give a light
Iʼm gonna make out all right
Iʼve got a sweetheart hand
G#
To put a stop to all that
A# A# G# C# A#
Grousinʼ anʼ snipinʼ
D#
Tie your Mother down
Tie your Mother down
A#
Take your little brother swimminʼ
With a brick (thatʼs all right)
D#
Tie your Mother down,
Tie your Mother down
G# D# C# G# A#
Or you ainʼt no friend of mine
F7
Your momma and your Daddy gonna
Plague me til I die
Why canʼt they understand Iʼm just a
G# A# A# G# C# A#
Peace lovinʼ guy
D#
Tie your Mother down
A#
Tie your Mother down...
