Status Quo, Dear John (1982)
^{Key: :[G] (w: Gustafson, Macauley)}

VERSE 1:
[G] Everybody was [C] talking to me, [G] like I was a [D] child
[G] In their words I could [C] hear them saying, it's [G] just a matter of [D] time
[A] Anyway it's a [F] long [Em] long [D] race been [G] run
[A] Anyway it's a [F] sad [Em] sad [D] song been [G] sung

CHORUS:
[C] Dear John goodbye she said, [G] sometimes it's hard she said
[C] Dear John I've [A7] broken [D] away

VERSE 2:
[G] Vanity is [C] hard old lady, you [G] just can't read her [D] mind
[G] I'm a fool but I [C] don't fool easy, [G] while you're fooling a-[D]-round
[A] Anyway I can [F] hold [Em] my [D] own to-[G]-night,
[A] I admit I was [F] wrong [Em] and [D] you where [G] right

REPEAT CHORUS: [x2]

INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]

REPEAT CHORUS:

REPEAT VERSE 1:

REPEAT CHORUS: [x3]