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 E7
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
E7
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
E7
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...
