Key: C major
Verse 1
E
Bm
E
Em
Dear Dad, don't get mad,
What I'm asking for
Is by the next semester
A
Em
Can I get another car ?
This one here is sick'ning
A
On a wide dual road.
Bm
B
I might as well be walking
Bm
D
Bm
As to drive this old Ford.
D
Al
Verse 2
Em
most everytime I try
To go and pass a truck,
If I ain't goin' down hill,
A
Bm
Dad, I'm, out of luck.
Em
And even if I get by,
A
It's still a rugged risk,
Bm
The way this old Ford
Interlude 1
Keep a hitting and a miss.
Em
E
Em
E
Em
E
A
Bm
E
Em
A
Em
Bm
B
Bm
Verse 3
Em
Last week when I was driving
On my way to school,
I almost got a ticket
A
Bm
'Bout a freeway traffic rule.
A
Em
It's now a violation
A
Driving under forty-five,
Bm
And And if I push to fifty,
D
This here Ford will nosedive.
Verse 4
Em
Dad, I'm in great danger
Out here trying to drive.
The way this Ford wiggles
E
A
When I'm ap proaching forty-five
Em
I have to nurse it along
A
Like a little stubborn pup,
Bm
And cars whizzing by me,
D
Bm
Dad, look like I'm backing up.
Interlude 2
E
Em
A
E
Em
A
Bm
E
A
Bm
Em
Bm
E
Verse 5
Em
She just don't have the appetite
For gas somehow,
And Dad, I got four carburetors
A
Hooked up on it now.
Em
I tried to hook another
A
To see if I'd do a little good,
E
But ain't no place to put it
B
D
E
'Less I perforate the hood.
D
Well
Verse 6
E
Em
Dad, send the money,
See what I can see,
Try to find a Cadillac,
A
B
A Sixty-two or or three.
A
Em
Just something that won't worry us
A
To keep it on the road.
B
Sincerely, your beloved son,
E
Henry Junior Ford
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