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Dear Dad chords by Chuck Berry

  • C

  • Gm

    3
  • Cm

    3
  • F

  • G

  • Bb

Verse 1
C
Gm
C
Cm
Dear Dad, don't get mad,
What I'm asking for
Is by the next semester
F
Cm
Can I get another car ?
This one here is sick'ning
F
On a wide dual road.
Gm
G
I might as well be walking
Gm
Bb
Gm
As to drive this old Ford.
Bb
Al
Verse 2
Cm
most everytime I try
To go and pass a truck,
If I ain't goin' down hill,
F
Gm
Dad, I'm, out of luck.
Cm
And even if I get by,
F
It's still a rugged risk,
Gm
The way this old Ford

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Interlude 1
Keep a hitting and a miss.
Cm
C
Cm
C
Cm
C
F
Gm
C
Cm
F
Cm
Gm
G
Gm
Verse 3
Cm
Last week when I was driving
On my way to school,
I almost got a ticket
F
Gm
'Bout a freeway traffic rule.
F
Cm
It's now a violation
F
Driving under forty-five,
Gm
And And if I push to fifty,
Bb
This here Ford will nosedive.
Verse 4
Cm
Dad, I'm in great danger
Out here trying to drive.
The way this Ford wiggles
C
F
When I'm ap proaching forty-five
Cm
I have to nurse it along
F
Like a little stubborn pup,
Gm
And cars whizzing by me,
Bb
Gm
Dad, look like I'm backing up.
Interlude 2
C
Cm
F
C
Cm
F
Gm
C
F
Gm
Cm
Gm
C
Verse 5
Cm
She just don't have the appetite
For gas somehow,
And Dad, I got four carburetors
F
Hooked up on it now.
Cm
I tried to hook another
F
To see if I'd do a little good,
C
But ain't no place to put it
G
Bb
C
'Less I perforate the hood.
Bb
Well
Verse 6
C
Cm
Dad, send the money,
See what I can see,
Try to find a Cadillac,
F
G
A Sixty-two or or three.
F
Cm
Just something that won't worry us
F
To keep it on the road.
G
Sincerely, your beloved son,
C
Henry Junior Ford
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