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Dear Abby chords by
John Prine
John Prine

1973Folk
4.8 (5)
Verse 1
G

Dear Abby, dear Abby
C
G

My feet are too long

My hair's falling out
A
D

and my rights are all wrong
G

My friends they all tell me
C
G

that I've no friends at all

Won't you write me a letter,
D
G

won't you give me a call?
C
D
G
G

Signed bewildered
Chorus 1
G

Bewildered, bewildered
C
G

You have no complaint

You are what you are
A
D

and you ain't what you ain't
G
C
G

So listen up, buster, and listen up good

Stop wishing for bad luck
D
G

and knocking on wood
C
D
G
G

Verse 2
G

Dear Abby, dear Abby
C
G

My fountain pen leaks

My wife hollers at me
A
D

and my kids are all freaks
G

Every side I get up on
C
G

is the wrong side of bed
D
G

If weren't so expensive I'd wish I were dead
C
D
G
G

Signed unhappy
Chorus 2
G

Unhappy, unhappy
C
G

You have no complaint

You are what you are
A
D

and you ain't what you ain't
G
C
G

So listen up, buster, and listen up good

Stop wishing for bad luck
D
G

and knocking on wood
C
D
G
G


Dear Abby, dear Abby

Dear Abby, dear Abby
Verse 3
G

Dear Abby, dear Abby
C
G

You won't believe this

But my stomach makes noises
A
D

whenever I kiss
G
C
G

My girlfriend tells me it's all in my head
D
G

But my stomach tells me to write you instead
C
D
G
G

Signed noisemaker
Chorus 3
G

Noisemaker, noise-maker
C
G

You have no complaint

You are what you are
A
D

and you ain't what you ain't
G
C
G

So listen up, buster, and listen up good

Stop wishing for bad luck
D
G

and knocking on wood
C
D
G
G

Verse 4
G

Dear Abby, dear Abby
C
G

Well I never thought

That me and my girlfriend
A
D

would ever get caught
G

We were sitting in the back seat
C
G

just shooting the breeze

With her hair up in curlers
D
G

and her pants to her knees
C
D
G
G

Signed just married
Chorus 4
G

Just married just married
C
G

You have no complaint

You are what you are
A
D

and you ain't what you ain't
G
C
G

So listen up, buster, and listen up good

Stop wishing for bad luck
D
G

and knocking on wood
C
D
G
Signed dear Abby

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