Chuck Berry - Dear dad

^CmDear Dad, don't get mad, what I'm asking for Is by the next semester can I ^Fget another car? ^CmThis one here is sickning on a ^Fwide dual road G N.C. I might as well be walking as to drive this old Ford ^CmAlmost every time I try to go and pass a truck If I ain't going downhill, ^FDad, I'm, out of ^Gluck And ^Cmeven if I get by it's ^Fstill a rugged risk G N.C. The way this old Ford keep a hitting and a miss

^CmLast week when I was driving on my way to school I almost got a ticket about a ^Ffreeway traffic rule It's ^Cmnow a violation driving ^Funder forty-five G N.C. And if I push to fifty this here Ford will nosedive ^CmDad, I'm in great danger out here trying to drive The way this Ford wiggles when I'm ap^Fproaching forty-^Gfive I ^Cmhave to nurse it along like a ^Flittle stubborn pup G N.C. And cars whizzing by me, Dad, look like I'm backing up

She ^Cmjust don't have the appetite for gas somehow And Dad, I got four carburetors ^Fhooked up on it ^Gnow I ^Cmtried to hook another to see if it'd ^Fdo a little good G N.C. But ain't no place to put it unless I perforate the hood So ^CmDad, send the money, see what I can see Try to find a Cadillac, a ^Fsixty-two or ^Gthree Just ^Cmsomething that won't worry us to ^Fkeep it on the road Sin^Gce

N.C.

rely, your beloved son, Henry Junior ^CmFord