Key: B majorDifficulty: Easy
Verse 1
G
Dear Abby, dear Abby
C
G
My feet are too long
My hair's falling out
A7
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
D7
G
G
Signed bewildered
Chorus 1
G
Bewildered, bewildered
C
G
You have no complaint
You are what you are
A7
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
D7
G
G
Verse 2
G
Dear Abby, dear Abby
C
G
My fountain pen leaks
My wife hollers at me
A7
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
D7
G
G
Signed unhappy
Chorus 2
G
Unhappy, unhappy
C
G
You have no complaint
You are what you are
A7
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
D7
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
A7
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
D7
G
G
Signed noisemaker
Chorus 3
G
Noisemaker, noise-maker
C
G
You have no complaint
You are what you are
A7
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
D7
G
G
Verse 4
G
Dear Abby, dear Abby
C
G
Well I never thought
That me and my girlfriend
A7
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
D7
G
G
Signed just married
Chorus 4
G
Just married just married
C
G
You have no complaint
You are what you are
A7
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
D7
G
Signed dear Abby
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG C A7 D D7
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