Dear Abby by John Prine Lyric and Guitar Chords

If you are looking for Dear Abby guitar chords, you’ve come to the right place.
You can play Dear Abby by John Prine using guitar or guitar.
This song by John Prine can also be played by that instruments.
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Dear Abby guitar chords has rhythm and included in Sweet Revenge (1973) album.
You can also find another musical genres, including jazz guitar chords, country music guitar chords, pop guitar chords, world music guitar chords, and rock guitar chords here.

Dear Abby by John Prine Guitar Chords


Capo on 4th fret (Key of B)

Strumming pattern:

G
C
G
G
A7
D7

e|——-3——-3—————3——-3——-3—————2—||
B|——-3——-3——-1——-3——-3——-3——-2——-1—||
G|——-0——-0——-0——-0——-0——-0——-0——-2—||
D|——-0——-0——-2——-0——-0——-0——-2—0——-||
A|——-2——-2—3—3——-2——-2——-2—0—————||
E|—3—3—3—3———–3—3—3—3—3—3——————-||

The ‘s represent thumb strokes that make up the bass line.
This pattern is kept throughout the song.

(Verse 1)
Dear

G
Abby, Dear Abby, my
C
feet are too
G
long
My
G
hair’s falling out and my
A7
rights are all
D7
wrong
My
G
friends they all tell me that I’ve
C
no friends at
G
all
Won’t you
G
write me a letter, won’t you
D
give me a
G
call?
C
Siiii
D
igned
G
Bewildered

Be

G
wildered, Bewildered, you
C
have no com
G
plaint
You
G
are what you are and you
A7
ain’t what you
D7
ain’t
So
G
listen up buster and
C
listen up
G
good
Stop
G
wishin’ for bad luck and
D
knockin’ on
G
wood

C
D
G

(Verse 2)
Dear

G
Abby, Dear Abby, my
C
fountain pen
G
leaks
My
G
wife hollers at me and my
A7
kids are all
D7
freaks
Every
G
side I get up on is the
C
wrong side of
G
bed
If it
G
weren’t so expensive I’d
D
wish I were
G
dead
C
Siiii
D
igned
G
Unhappy

Un

G
happy, Unhappy, you
C
have no com
G
plaint
You
G
are what you are and you
A7
ain’t what you
D7
ain’t
So
G
listen up buster and
C
listen up
G
good
Stop
G
wishin’ for bad luck and
D
knockin’ on
G
wood

C
D
G

(Verse 3)
Dear

G
Abby, Dear Abby, you
C
won’t believe
G
this
But my
G
stomach makes noises when
A7
ever I
D7
kiss
My
G
girlfriend tells me it’s
C
all in my
G
head
But my
G
stomach tells me to
D
write you
G
instead
C
Siiii
D
igned
G
Noisemaker

Noise

G
maker, Noisemaker, you
C
have no com
G
plaint
You
G
are what you are and you
A7
ain’t what you
D7
ain’t
So
G
listen up buster and
C
listen up
G
good
Stop
G
wishin’ for bad luck and
D
knockin’ on
G
wood

C
D
G

(Verse 4)
Dear

G
Abby, Dear Abby, well
C
I never
G
thought
That
G
me and my girlfriend would
A7
ever get
D7
caught
We were
G
sittin’ in the back seat just
C
shootin’ the
G
breeze
With her
G
hair up in curlers and her
D
pants to her
G
knees
C
Siiii
D
igned
G
Just Married

Just

G
Married, Just Married, you
C
have no
G
complaint
You
G
are what you are and you
A7
ain’t what you
D7
ain’t
So
G
listen up buster and
C
listen up
G
good
Stop
G
wishin’ for bad luck and
D
knockin’ on
G
wood
C
Siiii
D
igned
G
Dear Abbby

If you want to learn John Prine Dear Abby guitar chords, The 5 chords we’ll look at are the C major, A major, G major, E major, and D major.
The reason we use all major chords is that the minor versions of any of these chords just require tiny adjustments.
Each one of those minor chords is completely based on its major counterpart

The more you practice, the easier guitar will feel to play Dear Abby. Guitar is hard to learn in the beginning, but gets easier the longer you stick with it.

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