Capo at 7th, transpose +7,(or leave like this to sing with baritones!)
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[ch]C#/D#[/ch]  D#       (repeat 4x)

 E               B                A                   E
Mother told me, yes she told me, I'd meet girls like you.
     E              B                A                      E
She also told me, stay away, you'll never know what you'll catch
 A              B                E
Just the other day I heard of a soldier's falling off
      A          B                  E
Some Indonesian junk that's going 'round

E                   C#m                      B                  A
Mommy's all right, Daddy's all right, they just seem a little weird
    E          C#m         B                    A
Surrender, Surrender, but don't give yourself away....away, away--ay-ay-ay

D/E     E       (repeat 2x)

 E                B                      A             E
Father says your mother's right, she's really up on things.
   E                B                   A                  E
Before we married, Mommy served in the WAACs in the Philippines.
    A                B               E
Now I had heard the WAACs recruited old maids for the war
     A           B                   E
But Mommy isn't one of those, I've known her all these years.

E                   C#m                      B                  A
Mommy's all right, Daddy's all right, they just seem a little weird
    E         C#m          B                   A
Surrender, Surrender, but don't give yourself away....away, away--ay-ay-ay

D/E     E       (repeat 2x)

F                     C                  Bb              F
Whatever happened to all this season's loosers of the year?
 F            C                Bb                 F
Every time I got to thinking 'Where'd they disappear?'
 Bb             C                F
Then I woke up, Mom and Dad are rolling on the couch
  Bb              C                    F
Rolling numbers, rock and rolling, got my Kiss records out.

F                   Dm                      C                  Bb
Mommy's all right, Daddy's all right, they just seem a little weird
    F         Dm           C                   Bb       C      F  Bb  F  C    F  Bb F  C
Surrender, Surrender, but don't give yourself away....away,  away--ay-ay-ay

F x3    F  Dm  C  Bb   F    G F G C Bb F