Surrender chords by
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Key: Bb major

Intro 1

E

E

F#

F#

E

E

F#

F#

Verse 1

G

D

Mother told me, yes she told me

C

G

I'd meet girls like you

D

She also told me stay away

C

G

You'll never know what you'll catch

Pre-chorus 1

C

D

Just the other day I heard

G

Of a soldier's falling off

C

D

Some Indonesian junk

G

That's going 'round

Chorus 1

G

Em

Mommy's alright, Daddy's alright

D

C

They just seem a little weird

G

Em

Surrender, surrender

D

C

But don't give yourself away -ay -ay

Interlude 1

F

F

G

G

F

F

G

G

Verse 2

G

D

Father says your mother's right

C

G

She's really up on things

D

Before we married Mommy served

C

G

In the WACs in the Philippines

Pre-chorus 2

C

D

Now I had heard the WACs recruited

G

Old maids for the war

C

D

But Mommy isn't one of those

G

I've known her all these years

Chorus 2

G

Em

Mommy's alright, Daddy's alright

D

C

They just seem a little weird

G

Em

Surrender, surrender

D

C

But don't give yourself away -ay -ay

Interlude 2

F

F

G

G

F

F

G

G

Verse 3

Ab

Eb

Whatever happened to all this season's

Db

Ab

Losers of the year

Eb

Every time I got to thinking

Db

Ab

Where'd they disappear

Pre-chorus 3

Db

Eb

Then I woke up, Mom and Dad

Ab

Are rolling on the couch

Db

Eb

Rolling numbers, rock and rolling

Ab

Got my Kiss records out

Chorus 3

Ab

Fm

Mommy's alright, Daddy's alright

Eb

Db

They just seem a little weird

Ab

Fm

Surrender, surrender

Eb

Db

But don't give yourself away -ay -ay

Interlude 3

Ab

Db

Ab

Eb

Away

Ab

Db

Ab

Eb

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

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