John Prine - Dear Abby Chords

Capo on 4th fret (Key of B)


Strumming pattern:

     G               C       G       G               A7      D7
e|-------3-------3---------------3-------3-------3---------------2---||
B|-------3-------3-------1-------3-------3-------3-------2-------1---||
G|-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------2---||
D|-------0-------0-------2-------0-------0-------0-------2---0-------||
A|-------2-------2---3---3-------2-------2-------2---0---------------||
E|---3---3---3---3-----------3---3---3---3---3---3-------------------||
     *       *       *       *       *       *       *       *

The *'s represent thumb strokes that make up the bass line.
This pattern is kept throughout the song.


[Verse 1]
     G                   C            G
Dear Abby, Dear Abby, my feet are too long
   G                         A7             D7
My hair's falling out and my rights are all wrong
   G                                  C             G
My friends they all tell me that I've no friends at all
          G                            D         G
Won't you write me a letter, won't you give me a call?
C    D     G
Siiiiigned Bewildered

 
  G                         C          G
Bewildered, Bewildered, you have no complaint
    G                        A7             D7
You are what you are and you ain't what you ain't
   G                    C         G
So listen up buster and listen up good
     G                        D           G
Stop wishin' for bad luck and knockin' on wood

C   D   G


[Verse 2]
     G                   C            G
Dear Abby, Dear Abby, my fountain pen leaks
   G                         A7           D7
My wife hollers at me and my kids are all freaks
      G                       C             G
Every side I get up on is the wrong side of bed
      G                        D           G
If it weren't so expensive I'd wish I were dead
C    D     G
Siiiiigned Unhappy


  G                   C          G
Unhappy, Unhappy, you have no complaint
    G                        A7             D7
You are what you are and you ain't what you ain't
   G                    C         G
So listen up buster and listen up good
     G                        D           G
Stop wishin' for bad luck and knockin' on wood

C   D   G


[Verse 3]
     G                    C             G
Dear Abby, Dear Abby, you won't believe this
       G                        A7     D7
But my stomach makes noises whenever I kiss
   G                        C         G
My girlfriend tells me it's all in my head
       G                   D         G
But my stomach tells me to write you instead
C    D     G
Siiiiigned Noisemaker


     G                      C          G
Noisemaker, Noisemaker, you have no complaint
    G                        A7             D7
You are what you are and you ain't what you ain't
   G                    C         G
So listen up buster and listen up good
     G                        D           G
Stop wishin' for bad luck and knockin' on wood

C   D   G


[Verse 4]
     G                     C       G
Dear Abby, Dear Abby, well I never thought
     G                          A7       D7
That me and my girlfriend would ever get caught
        G                             C            G
We were sittin' in the back seat just shootin' the breeze
         G                          D            G
With her hair up in curlers and her pants to her knees
C    D     G
Siiiiigned Just Married


     G                          C       G
Just Married, Just Married, you have no complaint
    G                        A7             D7
You are what you are and you ain't what you ain't
   G                    C         G
So listen up buster and listen up good
     G                        D           G
Stop wishin' for bad luck and knockin' on wood
C    D     G
Siiiiigned Dear Abbby