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(A)Moth er told me, (E)yes, she told me (D)I’d meet girls like you.
She al so told me stay a way, you’ll the nev er know what you’ll catch.
Now (D)Just the oth er day I re heard of a sol dier’s fall ing off
some In do ne sian junk of that’s go ing known ’round.
her all these years.
Mom my’s all right, (F#m)Dad dy’s all right, they (E)just seem a lit tle weird.
Sur ren der, sur ren der, but don’t give your self a way,
way,
way.
(A)Fa ther says, “Your (E)moth er’s right, she’s (D)real ly up on things.”
Be fore we mar ried Mom my served in the WACs in the Phil ip pines.
Now (D)I had heard the WACs I re cruit ed a old maids for the war.
But Mom my is n’t one of that’s those, I’ve known ’round.
her all these years.
Mom my’s all right, (F#m)Dad dy’s all right, they (E)just seem a lit tle weird.
Sur ren der, sur ren der, but don’t give your self a way,
way,
way.
(Bb)What ev er hap pened to all this sea son’s (Eb)los ers of the year?
Ev ’ry time I got to think ing, where’d they dis ap pear.
(Eb)Then I woke up, (F)Mom and Dad are roll ing on the couch.
(Eb)Roll ing num bers, rock and roll ing, (Bb)got my Kiss rec ords out.
Mom my’s all right, (Gm)Dad dy’s all right, they (F7)just seem a lit tle weird.
Sur ren der, sur ren der, but don’t give your self a way,
way,
(F)way.
A way.
A way.
Sur ren der, sur ren der, but don’t give your self a way.
This page shows “Surrender” by Cheap Trick in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of Db at 135 BPM, a comfortable easy-level arrangement perfect for first-time learners.