Queen – Tie Your Mother Down (Guitar)

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A5* = play C note over chord and pull off Walkup is best played as A5, then single notes B, C and C#. [Intro] Lead Guitar A5* G D Csus2 G/B Add drums & "Ooooh" A5* G D Csus2 G/B A5* G D Csus2 [Verse 1]

G/B      A5*
Get your party gown, and get your pigtail down

                                G D Csus2
And get your heart beatin', baby

G/B    A5*
Got my timin' right, got my act all tight

                                    G    D Csus2 G/B
It's gotta be tonight, my little schoolbabe

     E
Your mamma says you don't, and your daddy says you won't

And I'm boilin' up inside

             G                       A5*        A B C C#
Ain't no way I'm gonna lose out this time        Walkup

[Chorus]

D
Tie your mother down, tie your mother down

          A            G        D/F#       A
Lock your daddy out of doors, I don't need him nosin' around

D
Tie your mother down, tie your mother down

        G   D/F# Csus2 G/B  A5*        G D Csus2
Give me all your love  to - night

[Verse 2]

       G/B    A5*
You're such a dirty louse, go get out of my house

                               G D Csus2 G/B
That's all I ever get from your

A5*
Family ties, in fact I don't think I ever heard

                                  G    D  Csus2
A single little civil word from those guys

    G/B      E
But you know I don't give a light, I'm gonna make out all right

                                         G
I've got a sweetheart hand to put a stop to all that

A5*                   A   B    C C#
 Snipin' an' grousin' all night   \Walkup

[Chorus]

D
Tie your mother down, tie your mother down

      A             G        D/F#        A
Take your little brother swimmin' with a brick (that's all right)

D
Tie your mother down, tie your mother down

       G     D/F# Csus2  G/B A5*        G D Csus2 G/B
Or you ain't no   friend of  mine

[Lead Break] A5* G D Csus2 G/B x2 E G A5* G D Csus2 G/B x2 [Verse 3]

     E
Your mummy and your daddy are gonna plague me till I die

                                     G  
Why can't they understand I'm just a peace lovin' guy

A N.C.  A A N.C.  Am7 Am7 Am7 Am7   A B C C#
                                     Walkup

[Chorus]

D
Tie your mother down, tie your mother down

A (Syncopated) Get that big big big big big big daddy out of doors

D
Tie your mother down, tie your mother down

        G   D/F# Csus2 G/B  A5*        G   D    Csus2 G/B A5*
Give me all your love  to - night      All your love  tonight

A5*                                    G D Csus2 G/B
      Give me every inch of your love

A5*        G D Csus2 G/B  A5*
               All   your love tonight

A5*                             G D Csus2 G/B     D                A
     Gotta get my timing right      All your love .............. tonight