A
Get your party gown
Get your pigtail down
Get your heart beatin' baby
G D C G
A
Got my timin' right
Got my act all tight
It's gotta be tonight my little
G G D C
Schoolbabe
G E
Your mama says you don't
And your Daddy says you won't
And I'm boilin' up inside
G A
Ain't no way I'm gonna lose out this time
D
Tie your Mother down
Tie your Mother down
A
Lock your Daddy out of doors
I don't 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
You're such a dirty louse
Go get outta my house
G D C G
That's all I ever get from your...your
A
Family ties, in fact I don't think I ever heard
A single little civil word
G D C G
from those guys
E
But you know I don't give a light
I'm gonna make out all right
I've got a sweetheart hand
G
To put a stop to all that
A A G C A
Grousin' an' snipin'
D
Tie your Mother down
Tie your Mother down
A
Take your little brother swimmin'
With a brick (that's all right)
D
Tie your Mother down,
Tie your Mother down
G D C G A
Or you ain't no friend of mine
E
Your momma and your Daddy gonna
Plague me til I die
Why can't they understand I'm just a
G A A G C A
Peace lovin' guy
D
Tie your Mother down
A
Tie your Mother down. . .etc etc. . .