Intro: C F C G/B Am F C G/B
Am F C G/B Am
Phone rings, baby cries, TV diet guru lies
F C G/B
Good morning honey
Am F C G/B Am
Go to work, make-up, try to keep the balance up
F C G/B
Between love and money
C F C F
She used to tie her hair up in ribbons and bows
C F C F
Sign her letters with X's and O's
C G/B Am F
Got a picture of her mama in heels and pearls
C F C F
She's tryin' to make it in her daddy's world
C F C G/B
She's an American girl
Am F
An American girl
Am F C G/B Am
Slow dance, second chance, mama needs romance
F C G/B
And an live-in maid
Am F C G/B Am
Fix the sink, mow the yard, really isn't all that hard
F C G/B
If you get paid
CHORUS
G
Well she's got her God and she's got good wine
G
Aretha Franklin and Patsy Cline
CHORUS (twice)
(last 2 choruses line changes to "she's gonna make it in her daddy's world")