{"id":14177,"date":"2022-10-03T06:46:42","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T06:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=14177"},"modified":"2025-11-21T06:03:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T06:03:21","slug":"dear-abby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/dear-abby\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear Abby"},"content":{"rendered":"

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ARTIST:John Prine  Capo on 4th\r\n<\/span>\r\n \r\n[Verse 1]\r\n<\/span>[G] Dear Abby, Dear Abby, my [C] feet are too [G] long\r\n<\/span><\/span>[G] My hair's falling out and my [D] rights are all wrong\r\n<\/span><\/span>[G] My friends they all tell me, that I've [C] no friends at [G] all\r\n<\/span><\/span>Won't you [G] write me a letter, or [D] give me a [G] call\r\n<\/span><\/span>[C] SiII-[D]-Igned [G] Bewildered\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n<\/span>[G] Bewildered, Bewildered you [C] have no [G] complaint\r\n<\/span><\/span>You [G] are what you are and you [D] ain't what you ain't\r\n<\/span><\/span>So [G] listen up buster [C] listen up [G] good\r\n<\/span><\/span>[G] Stop wishin' for bad luck and [D] knockin' on [G] wood\r\n<\/span><\/span>siii-[C] iigned [D] Dear [G] Abby\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/span> \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n<\/span>[G] Dear Abby, Dear Abby, my [C] fountain pen [G] leaks\r\n<\/span><\/span>[G] My wife hollers at me and my [D] kids are all freaks\r\n<\/span><\/span>[G] Every side I get up on is the [C] wrong side of [G] bed\r\n<\/span><\/span>If it [G] weren't so expensive I'd [D] wish I were [G] dead\r\n<\/span><\/span>[C] siii-[D]-iigned Un-[G]-happy\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n[G] Unhappy, Unhappy you [C] have no [G] complaint<\/span>\r\n<\/span><\/span>\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n<\/span>[G] Dear Abby, Dear Abby, you [C] won't believe [G] this\r\n<\/span><\/span>[G] But my stomache makes noises [D] whenever I kiss\r\n<\/span><\/span>[G] My girlfriend tells me it's [C] all in my [G] head\r\n<\/span><\/span>But my [G] stomach tells me to [D] write you [G] instead\r\n<\/span><\/span>SiII-[C]-Igned [D] Noise-[G]-maker.\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n<\/span>[G] Noisemaker Noisemaker you [C] have no [G] complaint<\/span><\/span>\r\n<\/span> \r\n[Verse 4]\r\n<\/span>[G] Dear Abby, Dear Abby, well [C] I never [G] thought\r\n<\/span><\/span>[G] That me and my girlfriend would [D] ever get caught\r\n<\/span><\/span>[G] We were sittin' in the back seat just [C] shootin' the [G] breeze\r\n<\/span><\/span>With her [G] hair up in curlers and her [D] pants to her [G] knees\r\n<\/span><\/span>[C] SiIII-[D]-Igned Just [G] Married\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n<\/span>[G] Just Married Just Married you [C] have no [G] complaint\r\n<\/span><\/span>\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[G] Dear Abby, Dear Abby, I [C] come to this [G] bar\r\n[G] Sometimes I'm on uke and some-[D]-times on guitar\r\n[G] I must use my iPad. Can't [C] remember the [G] words\r\nAnd [G] bass players never seem to [D know all the [G] chords\r\n[C] SiiI-[D]-IIIgned Bass [G] Player.<\/span>\r\n\r\n{ CHORUS } \r\n<\/span>[G] Bass Player, Bass Player you [C] have no [G] complaint<\/span><\/span>\r\n<\/span><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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