E       A

[Chorus]
   A            D                 E                                 D           A
Bettie Bettie where can you be?   I ain't seen the likes of you in Hustler magazine,
   A           D                       E                              D               A
Bettie Bettie don't you understand?   If I had been taught by you I'd be a different man.

[Verse 1]
     A                             D
You came to New York City back in Jack and Neil's day,
          E                                      D                   A
All the lights of old Time Square they flickered on the great white wave,
   A                                 D
Straight from Tennessee and in the rarest beauty form,
      E                                  D          A
You walked before the car and caused a nationwide storm.

[verse 2]
      A                           D
Oh, Pappy he remembered you from 1952,
         E                                D           A
All the boys down at the pool hall had a calendar or two,
 A                               D
Forty odd years later your still up and goin' strong,
 E                                D                  A
But I can't help wonderin' just where it is you've gone.

[Chorus]
   A            D                 E                                 D           A
Bettie Bettie where can you be?   I ain't seen the likes of you in Hustler magazine,
   A           D                       E                              D               A
Bettie Bettie don't you understand?   If I had been taught by you I'd be a different man.

[Interlude]
A     D      E     A      A      D     E     A

[Verse 3]
     A                                   D
Now all the boys at boot camp had your picture on their wall,
   E                               D               A
Thousands others saw you at their bachelor party brawl,
      A                                  D
But they don't see you smile like I do shining in my dreams,
       E                              D             A
That jungle mistress, dark Madonna, leather movie queen.

[Chorus]
   A            D                 E                                 D           A
Bettie Bettie where can you be?   I ain't seen the likes of you in Hustler magazine,
   A           D                       E                              D               A
Bettie Bettie don't you understand?   If I had been taught by you I'd be a different man.

[Interlude]
A     D      E     A      A      D     E     A

[Verse 4]
            A                               D
Well, now Brigitte Bardot,  Julie NewmaR,  Mary and Fay Ray,
    E                            D           A
And Mr. Vargas pictures made me what I am today,
       A                                  D
But if I could see you one more time and not lose all my nerve,
      E                                   D          A
I'd gladly give the greatest of them all what she deserves.

[Chorus]
   A            D                 E                                 D           A
Bettie Bettie where can you be?   I ain't seen the likes of you in Hustler magazine,
   A           D                       E                              D               A
Bettie Bettie don't you understand?   If I had been taught by you I'd be a different man.