D*                    G                                Am
  In a sixty-eigtht camero a little girl, and big four lanes
                         C                            D
Oh, she's flying like an arrow out across the Pontchartrain
                     G                                  Am
To a man down in New Orleans, says he loves her eyes of blue
                             C       D                           G
Swears she'll never want for nothing,  he shounds too good to be true


[Verse 2]
D                       G                              Am
  She's dreaming of the parties, he's sure to take her to
                      C                         D
And all the big white houses down on St Charles Avenue
                         G                             Am
Well, she twenty-one and ready to shake the small down blues
                            C       D                         G
She knows right where she's heading   and it's too good to be true


[Chorus 1]
                        F    C                      G
The heart, it's an easy vic--tim for and old silver tongue
                        F    C                  D
And they always seem to pick them, innocent and young
                               Em       C                   G
They don't know there ain't no shortcut on the road to happiness
                           Am                                C
They don't know the simple rule, if it sounds too good to be true
D           G
It probably is

[Solo]
| D  | G  | G  |  Am  |  Am  |  C  | C   |  D  |
| D  | Em | C  |  G   |  G   |  A  | C D |  G  |

[Verse 3]
D                      G                                  Am
  As she can see those city lights, she should be full of hope
                       C                                D
Suddenly she hears her daddy and the last words that he spoke
                    G                          Am
Sister, always be a good girl, please remember this
                               C                                D
I don't care what he's telling you, if it sounds too good to be true
            G
It probably is


[Chorus 2]
G                       F    C                     G
A tender hearts an easy vic--tim for an old silver tongue
                        F    C                  D
And they always seem to pick them, innocent and young
                               Em       C                   G
They don't know there ain't no shortcut on the road to happiness
                           Am                                C
They don't know the simple rule, if it sounds too good to be true
D           G
It probably is
                           Am                                C
They don't know the simple rule, if it sounds too good to be true
D           G
It probably is


[Outro]
D                     G                                 Am
  In a sixty-eigtht camero, a little girl, and big four lanes
                           C     D                  G     F C G
Well, she's flying like an arrow across the Pontchartrain