Capo 2nd Fret

Intro
C5 C5 C5 D5 F5 F5 F5  C5
C5 C5

Improvise with C/D and F7 when palting these chords - C/D by taking the middle finger 
off in the C chord and little finger off in the F chord, seems to sound ok. Use this 
across the song

Verse 1

C5
She got a compact mirror

stole it off her mother
    D5
she got her daddy's overnight traveling bag
 F5
Husband told her if you wanna leave home honey
C5            C5           C5
you ain't ever ever ever, ever welcome back"
C5                         C5
and now she's down at the station,
C5
baby in her belly
        D5
kickin' gentle momma chilled to the max
          F5
she got a one way ticket, goin'cross the border
    C5
for her hopes and all her dreams
rollin down the train tracks, yeah

Chorus

C5                                 D5
how can I protect you in this crazy world
     F5
it's alright yeah
      C5  C5 C5
it's alright

Verse 2

C5
from two to nine you work for five-a-dime
start the night with some thunderbird wine
 D5
praise the lord for those neon lights that'a
keep the city burnin' bright all night
F5
walkin' in the park in the midnight rain
swear to yourself that ya gonna change
     C5
ain't gonna crash, ain't gonna burn, ain't gonna take no wrong turn
C5              C5      C5
feel so alone, so you telephone, ya
                    C5      C5
call collect ain't nobody home
 D5
you ain't suprised though you wonder why your letters come back unopened
   F5                           F5 F5
so you hit the strip with your freak flag high an'
forget about the tears in your daddy's eyes
 C5
momma don't worry if the waters rise
           - No chord
don't ever let my drink run dry till the sunshine

Chrous
C5          C5  C5             D5
how can I protect you in this crazy world?
     F5
it's alright yeah
     C5
it's alright

(middle 8)

A5
and when the talkin's over
C5
all the crowd have gone
D5
there's nothing left I can do
F5
how'm I ever gonna get through to you?
C5
Its alright

Chorus x 2


C5          C5  C5             D5
how can I protect you in this crazy world?
     F5
it's alright yeah
     C5
it's alright    (*REPEAT)

(Play Out)

C5      C5 C5
its alright
   D5
its alright
     F5      F5 F5
its alriight yeah
   C5   C5 C5
Its alright
  Repeat to fade