Play this with a capo on 4th fret.
All chord names, shapes, and notes are relative to position of capo.
Real chord names are in square brackets below.
G [B] = 320033 G(b5)/Bb [B(b5)/D] = x10023
Gsus/A [Bsus/Db] = x00013 A7 [Db7] = x02020
D [F#] = xx0232 C [E] = x32010
G7 [B7] = 320031
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G G(b5)/Bb Gsus/A G
INTRO
Well, if you're one of the millions who own one of them gas drinking,
piston clinking, air polluting, smoke belching, four wheeled buggies from Detroit City,
**RIFF** A7 D G
then pay attention; I'm about to sing your song son.
G
Well, I'm not a man appointed judge,
C
To bear ill-will and hold a grudge,
G D
But I think it's time I said me a few choice words.
G
All about that demon automobile,
C
A metal box with the polyglass wheel,
G D G
The end result to the dream of Henry Ford.
D
Well, I've got a car that's mine alone,
C
That me and the finance company own.
G D
A ready made pile of manufactured grief.
G G7
And if I ain't out of gas in the pouring rain,
C
I'm a-changing a flat in a hurricane,
G D G
I once spent three days lost on a cloverleaf.
A7
Well, it ain't just the smoke and the traffic jam,
That makes me the bitter fool I am,
D
But this four wheel buggy is a-dollaring me to death.
A7
For gas and oils and fluids and grease,
And wires and tires and anti-freeze,
D
And them accessories, well honey that's something else.
G
Well, you can get a stereo tape and a color tv,
C
Get a backseat bar and reclining seats,
G D
And just pay once a month, like you do your rent.
G G7
Well, I figured it up and over a period of time,
C
This four thousand dollar car of mine,
G D G
Costs fourteen thousand dollars and ninety-nine cents.
D C G
Well, now Lord Mr. Ford, I just wish that you could see,
D
What your simple horseless carriage has become.
G
Well, it seems your contribution to man,
C
To say the least, got a little out of hand,
G D G **RIFF** A7 D G
Well, Lord Mr. Ford, what have you done.
G
Now the average American father and mother,
C
Own one whole car and half another,
G D
And I bet that half a car is a trick to buy, don't you?
G G7
But the thing that amazes me I guess,
C
Is the way we measure a man's success,
G D G
By the kind of an automobile he can afford to buy.
A7
Well now, red light, green light, traffic cop,
Right turn, no turn, must turn, stop,
D
Get out the credit card honey, we're out of gas.
A7
Well, now all the car's placed end to end,
Would reach to the moon and back again,
D
And there'd probably be some poor fool pull out to pass.
G
Well now, how I yearn for the good old days,
C
Without that carbon monoxide haze,
G D
A-hanging over the roar of the interstate.
G G7
Well, if the Lord that made the moon and stars,
C
Would have meant for me and you to have cars,
G D G
He'd have seen that we was all born with a parking space.
D C G
Lord Mr. Ford, I just wish that you could see,
D
What your simple horseless carriage has become.
G G7
Well, it seems your contribution to man,
C
To say the least, got a little out of hand,
G D G
Well, Lord Mr. Ford, what have you done.
Come away with me Lucille
A7 D G C **RIFF** A7 D G
In my smoking, choking automobile
