Jerry Reed - Lord, Mr Ford (tab) Play this with a capo on 4th fret. All chord names, shapes, and notes are relative to position of capo. Real chord names are in square brackets below. B B(b5)/D G = 320033 G(b5)/Bb = x10023 Bsus/Db Db7 Gsus/A = x00013 A7 = x02020 F# E D = xx0232 C = x32010 B7 G7 = 320031 *************************************************************************************** G G(Gsus/A INTRO Well, if you're one of the millions who own one of them gas drinking, piston clinking, air polluting, smoke belching, four wheeled buggies from Detroit City, **RIFF** A7 D G then pay attention; I'm about to sing your song son. G Well, I'm not a man appointed judge, C To bear ill-will and hold a grudge, G D But I think it's time I said me a few choice words. G All about that demon automobile, C A metal box with the polyglass wheel, G D G The end result to the dream of Henry Ford. D Well, I've got a car that's mine alone, C That me and the finance company own. G D A ready made pile of manufactured grief. G G7 And if I ain't out of gas in the pouring rain, C I'm a-changing a flat in a hurricane, G D G I once spent three days lost on a cloverleaf. A7 Well, it ain't just the smoke and the traffic jam, That makes me the bitter fool I am, D But this four wheel buggy is a-dollaring me to death. A7 For gas and oils and fluids and grease, And wires and tires and anti-freeze, D And them accessories, well honey that's something else. G Well, you can get a stereo tape and a color tv, C Get a backseat bar and reclining seats, G D And just pay once a month, like you do your rent. G G7 Well, I figured it up and over a period of time, C This four thousand dollar car of mine, G D G Costs fourteen thousand dollars and ninety-nine cents. D C G Well, now Lord Mr. Ford, I just wish that you could see, D What your simple horseless carriage has become. G Well, it seems your contribution to man, C To say the least, got a little out of hand, G D G **RIFF** A7 D G Well, Lord Mr. Ford, what have you done. G Now the average American father and mother, C Own one whole car and half another, G D And I bet that half a car is a trick to buy, don't you? G G7 But the thing that amazes me I guess, C Is the way we measure a man's success, G D G By the kind of an automobile he can afford to buy. A7 Well now, red light, green light, traffic cop, Right turn, no turn, must turn, stop, D Get out the credit card honey, we're out of gas. A7 Well, now all the car's placed end to end, Would reach to the moon and back again, D And there'd probably be some poor fool pull out to pass. G Well now, how I yearn for the good old days, C Without that carbon monoxide haze, G D A-hanging over the roar of the interstate. G G7 Well, if the Lord that made the moon and stars, C Would have meant for me and you to have cars, G D G He'd have seen that we was all born with a parking space. D C G Lord Mr. Ford, I just wish that you could see, D What your simple horseless carriage has become. G G7 Well, it seems your contribution to man, C To say the least, got a little out of hand, G D G Well, Lord Mr. Ford, what have you done. Come away with me Lucille A7 D G C **RIFF** A7 D G In my smoking, choking automobile *************************************************************************************** p = pulloff h = hammer-on / = slide up \ = slide down *************************************************************************************** HERE'S THE RIFF USED JUST AFTER THE SPOKEN INTRO, AND USED THROUGHOUT THE SONG: E--3p0----------------------------------------0--------- B-----3---3-----------------------------0-2/3-0-2\1-0--- G------3h4-3/2-0---0-3p2p0------0-3/4-0-0-3/4---3\2-0--- D---------------0h2-------2p0---0-2/3-0----------------- A----------------------------1/2------------------------ E----------------------------2/3------------------------ THIS IS THE LICK AT THE VERY END OF THE SONG E------------------------------ B--3p1p0-0-----------------0--- G-------3-3p2p0-0----------0--- D--------------2-2p1p0-----0--- A---------------------0h1h2---- E------------------------------