Surrender chords by
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Key: Bb major

Intro 1

B

B

Db

Db

B

B

Db

Db

Verse 1

D

A

Mother told me, yes she told me

G

D

I'd meet girls like you

A

She also told me stay away

G

D

You'll never know what you'll catch

Pre-chorus 1

G

A

Just the other day I heard

D

Of a soldier's falling off

G

A

Some Indonesian junk

D

That's going 'round

Chorus 1

D

Bm

Mommy's alright, Daddy's alright

A

G

They just seem a little weird

D

Bm

Surrender, surrender

A

G

But don't give yourself away -ay -ay

Interlude 1

C

C

D

D

C

C

D

D

Verse 2

D

A

Father says your mother's right

G

D

She's really up on things

A

Before we married Mommy served

G

D

In the WACs in the Philippines

Pre-chorus 2

G

A

Now I had heard the WACs recruited

D

Old maids for the war

G

A

But Mommy isn't one of those

D

I've known her all these years

Chorus 2

D

Bm

Mommy's alright, Daddy's alright

A

G

They just seem a little weird

D

Bm

Surrender, surrender

A

G

But don't give yourself away -ay -ay

Interlude 2

C

C

D

D

C

C

D

D

Verse 3

Eb

Bb

Whatever happened to all this season's

Ab

Eb

Losers of the year

Bb

Every time I got to thinking

Ab

Eb

Where'd they disappear

Pre-chorus 3

Ab

Bb

Then I woke up, Mom and Dad

Eb

Are rolling on the couch

Ab

Bb

Rolling numbers, rock and rolling

Eb

Got my Kiss records out

Chorus 3

Eb

Cm

Mommy's alright, Daddy's alright

Bb

Ab

They just seem a little weird

Eb

Cm

Surrender, surrender

Bb

Ab

But don't give yourself away -ay -ay

Interlude 3

Eb

Ab

Eb

Bb

Away

Eb

Ab

Eb

Bb

Away

Chorus 4
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Surrender (Mommy's alright)
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Surrender (Daddy's alright)
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But don't give yourself away
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Surrender (Mommy's alright)
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Surrender (Daddy's alright)
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But don't give yourself away
[Repeat and fade]

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