G
Get your party gown
Get your pigtail down
Get your heart beatinʼ baby
F C A# F
G
Got my timinʼ right
Got my act all tight
Itʼs gotta be tonight my little
F F C A#
Schoolbabe
F D7
Your mama says you donʼt
And your Daddy says you wonʼt
And Iʼm boilinʼ up inside
F G
Ainʼt no way Iʼm gonna lose out this time
C
Tie your Mother down
Tie your Mother down
G
Lock your Daddy out of doors
I donʼt need him nosing around
C
Tie your Mother down
Tie your Mother down
F C A# F G
Give me all your love tonight
G
Youʼre such a dirty louse
Go get outta my house
F C A# F
Thatʼs all I ever get from your...your
G
Family ties, in fact I donʼt think I ever heard
A single little civil word
F C A# F
from those guys
D7
But you know I donʼt give a light
Iʼm gonna make out all right
Iʼve got a sweetheart hand
F
To put a stop to all that
G G F A# G
Grousinʼ anʼ snipinʼ
C
Tie your Mother down
Tie your Mother down
G
Take your little brother swimminʼ
With a brick (thatʼs all right)
C
Tie your Mother down,
Tie your Mother down
F C A# F G
Or you ainʼt no friend of mine
D7
Your momma and your Daddy gonna
Plague me til I die
Why canʼt they understand Iʼm just a
F G G F A# G
Peace lovinʼ guy
C
Tie your Mother down
G
Tie your Mother down...
