Chords with lyrics
Artist: Cheap Trick
Title: Surrender
Album: Heaven Tonight/Live at Budokan/Greatest Hits
Words and music by: Rick Nielsen
Tabbed by: Chris Clark
The lyrics to this triple-transposition treat, and all of Cheap
Trick's fine songs, can be found at the band's official web site
(http://www.cheaptrick.com).
Comments and crits to: [email protected]
Tab: Guitar
Tuning: Standard
Ab/Bb bass 
Bb majorBb
Ab/Bb bass Bb majorBb
BB 
F#F#
Mother told...yes, she...
E MajorE BB
I'd meet...you
BB F#F#
She also...stay away
E MajorE BB
You'll never...catch
E MajorE F#F#
Just the...d.....
BB
Of a soldier's...
E MajorE F#F#
Some Indonesian j....
BB
Going 'round
BB 
G# minorG#m
Mommy's all right, D....
F#F# E MajorE
They just seem...weird
BB G# minorG#m
Surrender, surrender
F#F# E MajorE
But don't give yourself a-way
E MajorE
Ay-ay...
A/BA/B bass BB
A/BA/B bass BB
BB F#F#
Father says...mother's right...
E MajorE BB
She's really...things
BB F#F#
Before we...Mommy served
E MajorE BB
In the WACs...Philipines
E MajorE F#F#
Now I...WACs ...
BB
Old maids...
E MajorE F#F#
But Mommy's...one of
BB
I've known her...
BB G# minorG#m
Mommy's all right, D....
F#F# E MajorE
They just seem...weird
BB G# minorG#m
Surrender, surrender
F#F# E MajorE
But don't give yourself a-way
E MajorE
Ay-ay...
A/BA/B bass BB
A/BA/B bass BB
C majorC 
G+G
Whatever happened...all the...
FF C majorC
Losers of...year
C majorC G+G
Every time...got to...
FF C majorC
When they'd disappear
FF G+G
Then I...Mom and Dad
C majorC
Were rolling...
FF G+G
Rolling numbers, r...
C majorC
Got my Kiss...
C majorC 
A minorAm
Mommy's all right, D....
G+G FF
They just seem...weird
C majorC A minorAm
Surrender, surrender
G+G FF
But don't give yourself a-way
C majorC FF C majorC G+G
Away
C majorC FF C majorC G+G
Away
C majorC A minorAm
Mommy's all right, Daddy's all right
G+G FF
But don't give yourself a-way
(live version ending)
C majorC Bb majorBb C majorC
FF 
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
Recommended chord positions
Ab/Bb bass
e --x--I
BB --1--I
G+G --1--I
D MajorD --1--I
A augmentedA --1--I
E MajorE --x--I
Bb majorBb
e --x--I
BB --3--I
G+G --3--I
D MajorD --3--I
A augmentedA --1--I
E MajorE --x--I
BB
e --x--I
BB --4--I
G+G --4--I
D MajorD --4--I
A augmentedA --2--I
E MajorE --x--I
F#F#
e --2--I
BB --2--I
G+G --3--I
D MajorD --4--I
A augmentedA --4--I
E MajorE --2--I
E MajorE
e --0--I
BB --0--I
G+G --1--I
D MajorD --2--I
A augmentedA --2--I
E MajorE --0--I
G# minorG#m
e --4--I
BB --4--I
G+G --4--I
D MajorD --6--I
A augmentedA --6--I
E MajorE --4--I
A/BA/B bass
e --x--I
BB --2--I
G+G --2--I
D MajorD --2--I
A augmentedA --2--I
E MajorE --x--I
C majorC
e --0--I
BB --1--I
G+G --0--I
D MajorD --2--I
A augmentedA --3--I
E MajorE --3--I
G+G
e --3--I
BB --3--I
G+G --0--I
D MajorD --0--I
A augmentedA --2--I
E MajorE --3--I
FF
e --1--I
BB --1--I
G+G --2--I
D MajorD --3--I
A augmentedA --3--I
E MajorE --1--I
A minorAm
e --0--I
BB --1--I
G+G --2--I
D MajorD --2--I
A augmentedA --0--I
E MajorE --x--I
ending chords
C majorC
e --x--I
BB --5--I
G+G --5--I
D MajorD --5--I
A augmentedA --3--I
E MajorE --x--I
Bb majorBb
e --x--I
BB --3--I
G+G --3--I
D MajorD --3--I
A augmentedA --1--I
E MajorE --x--I
FF
e --x--I
BB --10--I
G+G --10-I
D MajorD --10-I
A augmentedA --8--I
E MajorE --x--I
Eb MajorEb
e --x--I
BB --8--I
G+G --8--I
D MajorD --8--I
A augmentedA --6--I
E MajorE --x--I
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