[Intro ]Dm  C  F C 

Dm          C 
The local radio 
      G7            C 
Says sorry time to go 
      Dm                C 
But I don't sleep too well 
           G7             C 
Where are those Southern Belles 

  G                        F 
Trying to get a telephone line 
Am                 G     
Through South Caroline 
      G                       F 
Your call may bring somebody down 
     Am      G 
For miles around 
    Am            Dm    C 
I'm watching her eyes again 
F       G       Dm       C   Dm  C  F  C 
I won't use no fountain pen 

    Dm          C 
The lady isn't here 
     G7              C 
The message wasn't clear 
    Dm             C 
She left an hour ago 
          G7               C 
Screamed from the floor below 

 G                   F 
Mother nature never gives in 
     Am           G 
She wants you to sing 
     G           F 
But how can I go on 
      Am           G 
Just singing this song 
Am       Bb     Dm    C 
My car's out of gas again 
 G     F      Dm        C 
Hurry home to see my friend 

 F           Am         Dm 
Money won't help you to win 
   G            C 
A new look at things 
  F           G       Am           Dm 
Loving can bring you down, so you fall 
      G                F               Dm 
Then why do you still try to get up at all 
     Am           Bb     Dm        C 
Your good and bad side showing through 
G        F     Dm       C  Dm  C  F  C 
Problems are a part of you 

         Dm           C 
You must love someone else 
        G7           C 
Or face life by yourself 
       Dm         C 
You may expect a call 
       G7             C 
She's waiting in the hall 

         G                    F 
See the garden grows and it grows 
      Am       G 
Nobody even* knows 
             G                  F 
And you can wear just any old thing 
     Am         G 
The show can begin 
     Am        Dm      C 
I'm falling asleep to dream 
G        F        Dm        C    Dm  C  F  C 
No more hills to climb, it seems 

F            Am          Dm 
Money won't help you to win 
   G            C 
A new look at things 
     F         G 
You never give in 
    Am            Dm 
So why don't you sing 
     G           F 
But how can I go on 
      Am           G 
Just singing this song 

   Am     Bb    Dm    C 
My car's out of gas again 
G        F       Dm       C   G  F  Dm  C 
I'll be home to see my friend