I love this song!!!  I also love to play it, and I hope you do, too!  Enjoy!

The whole song consists of these chords:

C, G, F, Am, Dm



C               G             F
They say, this town, the stars stay up all night, well I
C                   G                    F
Don’t know, can’t see ‘um, for the glow of the neon lights– and it’s a
C                 G             F
Long way from here to the place where the home fires burn, well it’s
C                        G                         F         G
Two thousand miles and one left turn


C                                 G                          
Dear Mom and Dad, please send money,
 F                        G
I’m so broke that it ain’t funny, well I
C                                    G                           F        
Don’t need much– just enough to get me through, 
C                                      G
Please don’t worry cause I’m alright
            F                              G
See I’m playin’ here at the bar tonight, well–
Am                               G                        F
This time I’m gonna’ make our dreams come true
           Dm                                                      F  
Well I love you more than anything in the world– 
G                             C    G   F   G
Love, your baby girl


C                G             F
Black top, blue sky– big town full of little white lies, well
C                             G                                    F
Everybody’s your friend– you can never be sure
                             C                     G
They’ll promise fancy cars and diamond rings and
F
All sorts of shiny things, well
C                   G                                          F       G
Girl, you’ll remember what your knees are for



C                                 G                          
Dear Mom and Dad, please send money,
 F                        G
I’m so broke that it ain’t funny, well I
C                                    G                           F        
Don’t need much– just enough to get me through, 
C                                      G
Please don’t worry cause I’m alright
            F                              G
See I’m playin’ here at the bar tonight, well–
Am                               G                        F
This time I’m gonna’ make our dreams come true
           Dm                                                      F  
Well I love you more than anything in the world– 
G                          C    G   F   G
Love, your baby girl


C                 F     C        G                           F                  C         G
I know that I’m on my way…  Well, I can tell every time I play
                             F                    C       G                        Dm            F
And I know it’s well worth the dues I pay when I can write to you and say…


C                                G
Dear Mom and Dad, I’ve sent money,
          F                    G 
I’m so rich that it ain’t funny, well it
C                                    G                            F       
Ought to be more than enough to get you through
C                                    G
Please don’t worry cause I’m alright
                F                         G                    
See I’m staying here at the Ritz tonight
C                              G                          F         G
What’d’ya know, we made our dreams come true
                          C                    G
And there are fancy cars and diamond rings but
        F                                  G
You know that they don’t mean a thing
                 Am                  G                      F
Well, they all add up to nothing compared to you
        Dm                                             F
Well, remember me in ribbons and curls…
            Dm                                                 F
I still love you more than anything in the world–
G                         C   G   F   G
Love, your baby girl
                   C   G   F   G   C   G   F
Your baby girl
                    C   G   F   G   C   G
Your baby girl
                     C   G   F   G   C   G   C   G   F   G   C   G   F   G   C
Dreams come true
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