[Intro] Dm  C  F C

Dm          C
The local radio
      G7            C
Says sorry time to go
      Dm                C
But I don't sleep too well
           G7             C
Where are those Southern Belles

  G                        F
Trying to get a telephone line
Am                 G    
Through South Caroline
      G                       F
Your call may bring somebody down
     Am      G
For miles around
    Am            Dm    C
I'm watching her eyes again
F       G       Dm       C   Dm  C  F  C
I won't use no fountain pen

    Dm          C
The lady isn't here
     G7              C
The message wasn't clear
    Dm             C
She left an hour ago
          G7               C
Screamed from the floor below

 G                   F
Mother nature never gives in
     Am           G
She wants you to sing
     G           F
But how can I go on
      Am           G
Just singing this song
Am       Bb     Dm    C
My car's out of gas again
 G     F      Dm        C
Hurry home to see my friend

 F           Am         Dm
Money won't help you to win
   G            C
A new look at things
  F           G       Am           Dm
Loving can bring you down, so you fall
      G                F               Dm
Then why do you still try to get up at all
     Am           Bb     Dm        C
Your good and bad side showing through
G        F     Dm       C  Dm  C  F  C
Problems are a part of you

         Dm           C
You must love someone else
        G7           C
Or face life by yourself
       Dm         C
You may expect a call
       G7             C
She's waiting in the hall

         G                    F
See the garden grows and it grows
      Am       G
Nobody even* knows
             G                  F
And you can wear just any old thing
     Am         G
The show can begin
     Am        Dm      C
I'm falling asleep to dream
G        F        Dm        C    Dm  C  F  C
No more hills to climb, it seems

F            Am          Dm
Money won't help you to win
   G            C
A new look at things
     F         G
You never give in
    Am            Dm
So why don't you sing
     G           F
But how can I go on
      Am           G
Just singing this song

   Am     Bb    Dm    C
My car's out of gas again
G        F       Dm       C   G  F  Dm  C
I'll be home to see my friend