Dave Edmunds - Dear Dad Chords

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Dear Dad, don't get mad
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What I'm asking for
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Is by the next semester
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Can I get another car ?
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This one here is sick'ning
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On a wide dual road
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I might as well be walking
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As to drive this old Ford

[Verse 2]
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Almost everyntime I try
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To go and pass a truck
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If I ain't goin' down hill
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Dad, Im, out of luck
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And even if I get by
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It's still a rugged risk
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The way this old Ford
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Keep a hitting and miss

[Bridge]
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[Verse 3]
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Last week when I was driving
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On my way to school
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I almost got a ticket
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'Bout a freeway traffic rule
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It's now a violation
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Driving under forty-five
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And if I push to fifty
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This here Ford will nosedive

[Verse 4]
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Dad, I'm in great danger
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Out here trying to drive
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This Ford wiggles
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When I'm approaching forty-five
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I have to nurse it along
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Like a little suffering pup
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And cars whizzing by me
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Dad, look like I'm backing up

[Bridge 2]
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[Verse 5]
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She just don't have the appetite
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For gas somehow
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And Dad, I got both carburetors
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Hooked up on it now
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I tried to hook another
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To see if I'd do a little good
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But ain't no place to put it
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'Less I perforate the hood

[Verse 6]
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So Dad, send the money
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See what I can see
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Try to find a Cadillac
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Sixty-two or three
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Just something that won't worry us
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To keep it on the road
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Sincerely, your loving son
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Henry Junior Ford