Intro
DC#
Don't tell your mother I'm here
F#B
Don't tell your mother I'm here... tonight
Verse 1
BF#
Don't tell your mother I'm here tonight
DA
She thinks I'm like all the rest
EBA
She thinks I'm gonna take you downstairs and get the best of you
BF#
Don't tell your father I'm here tonight
DA
He doesn't like me too much
EBA
He thinks I'm gonna get away with a little too much of you
Chorus
EB
But it's all right
G#A
Parents are all alike
E
They want an All American Boy
B
An All American Boy
G#AE
Someone they can trust with their All American Girl
Instrumental
DCFB
Verse 2
BF#
I think that they know that I'm here with you
DA
Your daddy's coming downstairs
EBA
He's gonna tell me to stay very far away from you
BF#
It doesn't matter what you tell them now
DA
I've seen this happen before
EBA
I'm not exactly what they have in mind or in store for you
Chorus
EB
But it's all right
G#A
Parents are all alike
E
They want an All American Boy
B
An All American Boy
G#AE
Someone they can trust with their All American Girl
Instrumental solo
DCFBDAEDCFEChorus
EB
But it's all right
G#A
Parents are all alike
E
They want an All American Boy
B
An All American Boy
G#AE
Someone they can trust with their All American Girl
E
They want an All American Boy
B
An All American Boy
G#AE
Someone they can trust with their All American Girl
Outro
(with Beatlesque "ahs")
EFAE