Cheap Trick – Surrender (Guitar)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Rick Nielsen From: "Heaven Tonight" (1978) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard Key: B (later key change to C) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
CHORDS
          E-A-D-G-B-e
Ab/Bb     x-1-1-1-x-x
Bb        x-1-3-3-x-x

A/B       x-2-2-2-x-2
B         x-2-4-4-x-2
G#m7(no5) 4-x-4-4-x-2
F#sus4    2-4-4-4-x-2

Am7       x-0-2-0-1-0
Gsus4     3-x-0-0-1-3
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | Ab/Bb | % | Bb | % | | Ab/Bb | % | Bb | % | [Verse 1]
B               F#
Mother told me, yes she told me

E                   B
I’d meet girls like you

    B            F#
She also told me stay away

       E                      B
You’ll never know what you’ll catch
[Bridge]
E              F#
Just the other day I heard

     B
Of a soldier’s falling off

     E          F#
Some Indonesian junk

              B
That’s going ‘round
[Chorus]
B                G#m7
Mommy’s alright, Daddy’s alright

     F#sus4             E
They just seem a little weird

   B          G#m7
Surrender, surrender

    F#sus4               E    E             E 
But don’t give yourself away, hey-ey-ey-ey, hey-ay-ay
[Interlude] | A/B | % | B | % | | A/B | % | B | % | [Verse 2]
B                F#
Father says your mother's right

      E            B
She's really up on things

  B               F#
Before we married Mommy served

       E                 B
In the WACs in the Philippines
[Bridge]
    E               F#
Now I had heard the WACs recruited

B
Old maids for the war

    E           F#
But Mommy isn't one of those

     B
I've known her all these years
[Chorus]
B                G#m7
Mommy’s alright, Daddy’s alright

     F#sus4             E
They just seem a little weird

   B          G#m7
Surrender, surrender

    F#sus4               E    E              E 
But don’t give yourself away, hey-ey-ey-eyy, hey-ay-ay
[Interlude] | A/B | % | B | % | | A/B | % | B | % | [Verse 3]
C                    G
Whatever happened to all this season's

F             C
Losers of the year

C            G
Every time I got to thinking

F                C
Where'd they disappear
[Bridge]
F               G
Then I woke up, Mom and Dad

    C
Are rolling on the couch

F                G
Rolling numbers, rock and rolling

    C
Got my Kiss records out
[Chorus]
C                Am7
Mommy’s alright, Daddy’s alright

     Gsus4              F
They just seem a little weird

   C          Am7
Surrender, surrender

    Gsus4               F     F             F
But don’t give yourself away, hey-ey-ey-ey, hey-ay-ay
[Interlude]
 | C | F | C | G |
Away

 | C | F | C | G |
Away
[Outro]
    C                Am7
    Mommy’s alright, Daddy’s alright
(Surrender, Surrender)
    Gsus4               F
But don’t give yourself away

    C                Am7
    Mommy’s alright, Daddy’s alright
(Surrender, Surrender)
    Gsus4               F
But don’t give yourself away

    C                Am7
    Mommy’s alright, Daddy’s alright
(Surrender, Surrender)
    Gsus4               F
But don’t give yourself away

    C                Am7
    Mommy’s alright, Daddy’s alright
(Surrender, Surrender)
    Gsus4               F
But don’t give yourself away

       C                  Am7
       Mommy’s alright,   Daddy’s alright
(Surrender, Surrender) (We're all alright! We're all alright!)
       Gsus4                F
   But don’t give yourself away
(We're all alright! We're all alright!)
       C                  Am7
       Mommy’s alright,   Daddy’s alright
(Surrender, Surrender) (We're all alright! We're all alright!)
       Gsus4                F
   But don’t give yourself away
(We're all alright! We're all alright!) (repeat and fade)