Surrender Chords

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                   Surrender – Cheap Trick
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Written by: Rick Nielsen
From: "Heaven Tonight" (1978)
 
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
 
Key: B  (later key change to C)
 
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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
 
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[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)
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