Tie Your Mother Down Tab by Queen
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Intro 1
[Guitar & organ]
(A major) (A major)
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(A major)
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(G major) (D major) (Csus2) (G/B)
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(A major) (A major) Ooh,
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(A major)
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(G major) yeah, (D major) ooooh (Csus2) (G/B) yeah
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(A major) (A major)
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(A major)
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(G major) (D major) (Csus2) (B/B) Get your
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Verse 1
(A major) party gown
Get your pigtail down
Get your (A major) heart beatin' baby
(G major) (D/F#) (Csus2)
(G/B) Got my (A major) timin' right
Got my act all tight
It's (A major) gotta be tonight my little
school (G major) babe (D/F#) (Csus2) (G/B)
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Pre-chorus 1
Your (E major) Mamma says you don't
Your Daddy says you won't
And I'm (E major) boilin' up inside
Ain't no way (G major) I'm gonna lose out this time,
(A major) oh no
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(A major) (A major)
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Tie
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Chorus 1
(D major) your mother down
Tie your mother down
Lock your (A major) daddy out of (G major) doors
I (D major) don't (A major) need him nosin' around
Tie (D major) your mother down
Tie your mother down
Give me (G major) all (D/F#) your (Csus2) love (G/B) to
(A major) night
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(A major) (A major)
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(G major) (D major) (Csus2) You're (G/B) such a
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Verse 2
(A major) dirty louse
Go get outta my house
That's (A major) all I ever get from your
(G major) (D/F#) (Csus2) (G/B)
(A major) Family ties, in fact I don't think I ever heard
A (A major) single little civil word
from those (G major) guys (D/F#) (Csus2)
Pre-chorus 2
(G/B) But you know (E major) I don't give a light
I'm gonna make out all right
I've got a (E major) sweetheart hand
To put a stop to (G major) all that
(A major) Snipin' an' grousin' goin'
on all night Tie
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Chorus 2
(D major) your mother down
Tie your mother down
Take your (A major) little brother (G major) swimmin' (D major)
With a (A major) brick (that's all right)
Tie (D major) your mother down
Tie your mother down
Or you (G major) ain't (D/F#) no (Csus2) friend (G/B) of
(A major) mine
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(A major) (A major)
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(G major) (D major) (Csus2) (G/B)
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Solo 1
(A major) (A major)
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(A major)
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(G major) (D/F#) (Csus2) (G/B)
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(A major) (A major)
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(A major)
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(G major) (D/F#) (Csus2) (G/B)
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(E major) (E major)
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(E major) (G major)
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(A major) [Slide] (A major)
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(A major)
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(G major) (D/F#) (Csus2) (G/B)
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(A major) (A major)
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(A major)
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(G major) (D/F#) (Csus2) (G/B) Your
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Pre-chorus 3
(E major) Mammy and your Daddy gonna
Plague me till I die
They (E major) can't understand it, I'm just a
Peace (G major) lovin' guy
(A major) [Slide] (A major) Ooh,
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(A major) (A major) Tie
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Chorus 3
(D major) your mother down
Tie your mother down
Get that (A major) big big big big big big
daddy out of doors
(D major) Tie your mother down
Tie your mother down
Give me (G major) all (D/F#) your (Csus2) love (G/B) to
(A major) night (A major)
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(A major)
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(G major) All (D major) your (Csus2) love (G/B) tonight
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Outro 1
(A major) (A major)
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(A major)
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(A major) (A major)
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(G major) (D/F#) (Csus2) (G/B)
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(A major) (A major)
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(G major) (D/F#) (Csus2) (G/B)
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(D major) (A major)
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(A major)
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