How Can I Protect You

Intro
C C/D C Dm F F7 F  C
C/D C

Improvise with C/D and F7 when 
palting these chords - C/D by taking
 the middle finger
off in the C chord and little finger
 off in the F chord, seems to sound 
ok. Use this
across the song

Verse 1

C
She got a compact mirror

stole it off her mother
    Dm
she got her daddy's overnight 
traveling bag
 F
Husband told her if you wanna leave 
home honey
C            C/D           C
you ain't ever ever ever, ever 
welcome back"
C                         C/D
and now she's down at the station,
C
baby in her belly
        Dm
kickin' gentle momma chilled to the 
max
          F
she got a one way ticket, goin'cross
 the border
    C
for her hopes and all her dreams
rollin down the train tracks, yeah

Chorus

C                                 
how can I protect you in this crazy 
Dm
world
     F
it's alright yeah
Continues after the ad
      C  C/D C
it's alright

Verse 2

C
from two to nine you work for 
five-a-dime
start the night with some 
thunderbird wine
 Dm
praise the lord for those neon 
lights that'a
keep the city burnin' bright all 
night
F
walkin' in the park in the midnight 
rain
swear to yourself that ya gonna 
change
     C
ain't gonna crash, ain't gonna burn,
 ain't gonna take no wrong turn
C              C/D      C
feel so alone, so you telephone, ya
                    C/D      C
call collect ain't nobody home
 Dm
you ain't suprised though you wonder
 why your letters come back unopened
   F                           F7 
so you hit the strip with your freak
F
 flag high an'
forget about the tears in your 
daddy's eyes
 C
momma don't worry if the waters rise
           - No chord
don't ever let my drink run dry till
 the sunshine

Chrous
C          C/D  C             
how can I protect you in this crazy 
Dm
world?
     F
it's alright yeah
     C
it's alright

(middle 8)

Am
and when the talkin's over
C
all the crowd have gone
Dm
there's nothing left I can do
F
how'm I ever gonna get through to 
you?
C
Its alright

Chorus x 2


C          C/D  C             
how can I protect you in this crazy 
Dm
world?
     F
it's alright yeah
     C
it's alright    (*D PEAT)

(Play Out)

C      C/D C
its alright
   Dm
its alright
     F      F7 F
its alriight yeah
   C   C/D C
Its alright
  Repeat to fade