Intro: |Ab |Bb |Ab |Bb |
|B |F# |E |B
Mother told me, yes, she told me I'd meet girls like you.
|B |F# |E |B
She also told me, "Stay away, you'll never know what you'll catch."
|E |F# |B | |E |F#
Just the other day I heard a soldier falling off some Indonesian junk that's
|B
going round.
|B |Abm |F# |E
Mommy's alright, Daddy's alright, they just seem a little weird.
|B |Abm |F# |E
Surrender, surrender, but don't give yourself away, ay, ay, ay.
|A | |B | |A | |B |
Same as first verse and pre-chorus
Father says, "Your mother's right, she's really up on things."
"Before we married, Mommy served in the WACS in the Philippines."
Now, I had heard the WACS recruited old maids for the war.
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But mommy isn't one of those, I've known her all these years.
Mommy's alright, Daddy's alright, they just seem a little weird.
Surrender, surrender, but don't give yourself away, ay, ay, ay.
KEY CHANGE
|C |G |F |C
Whatever happened to all this season's losers of the year?
|C |G |F |C
Ev'ry time I got to thinking, where'd they disappear?
|F |G |C |C
When I woke up, Mom and Dad are rolling on the couch.
|F |G |C |C
Rolling numbers, rock and rolling, got my Kiss records out.
|C |Am |G |F
Mommy's alright, Daddy's alright, they just seem a little weird.
|C |Am |G |F
Surrender, surrender, but don't give yourself away, ay, ay, ay.
Away.
Away.
Repeat above chorus until end. End on C.
