A
Get your party gown
Get your pigtail down
Get your heart beatinґ baby

G D C G
        A
Got my timinґ right
Got my act all tight
Itґs gotta be tonight my little
    G     G D C
Schoolbabe
G    E
Your mama says you donґt
And your Daddy says you wonґt
And Iґm boilinґ up inside
                   G              A
Ainґt no way Iґm gonna lose out this time

D
Tie your Mother down
Tie your Mother down
A
Lock your Daddy out of doors
I donґt 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
Youґre such a dirty louse
Go get outta my house
                              G D C  G
Thatґs all I ever get from your...your
A
Family ties, in fact I donґt think I ever heard
A single little civil word
        G D C G
from those guys
E
But you know I donґt give a light
Iґm gonna make out all right
Iґve got a sweetheart hand
                  G
To put a stop to all that
A                   A G C A
Grousinґ anґ snipinґ
D
Tie your Mother down
Tie your Mother down
A
Take your little brother swimminґ
With a brick (thatґs all right)
D
Tie your Mother down,
Tie your Mother down
        G    D     C    G   A
Or you ainґt no friend of mine

E
Your momma and your Daddy gonna
Plague me til I die
Why canґt they understand Iґm just a
G                A  A G C A
Peace lovinґ guy

D
Tie your Mother down
                       A
Tie your Mother down. . .etc etc. . .