Intro: G D C D (4X)

G                       D      C
In a town where you can sum up every girl with just 
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one sentence
G       D        C              D
Give or take the subject or the verb
G         D           C          D
She shows up like the devil said penance
G             D       C        D
Won't nothin' ever be clear no more

G D C D (2X)

G       D                    C           D
She got hired on down at the Last Chance Diner
G         D            C         D
She works all the same shifts as me
G               D       C              D
I've never been one for too much conversation
G         D               C      D
But now I choose my words so carefully
G                       D            C
'Cause the angle of her cheek is the math of 
D
persuasion
G                      D                C
First time you saw the ocean, she's got tucked 
           D
behind her knee
G      D                        C
She is swallowing lightning and she is spittin' 
D
thunder
G       D           C       D
Waftin' California, reekin' Tennessee
G              D          C           D
She is waftin' California and reekin' Tennessee

Pre Chorus:

C
Now I wanna tell her how I feel
D
But each time that I start
G                      D
My tongue wraps like a tether ball
C                   D
Six times around my heart and I say

Chorus:

G    D    C         D
Hey, hey, hey, Miss Ferguson
G              D    C          D
It's Cory from work callin' to say
G    D    C         D
Hey, hey, hey, Miss Ferguson
G                            D               C
I was wonderin' what you was doing, a little later 
   D
on today
G                           D               C
Just wonderin' what you was doing, a little later on
D
today

G D C D (2X)

G                  D                   C
Now I'm curious to see just where them eight pounds 
     D
will end up
G          D                   C             D
I wanna be around to watch the southern kick in
G                   D      C          D
Ain't got no purple heart, no blue ribbon
G             D           C
Blow out them candles now I'll show you where I've 
D
been
G                       D               C
Now she comes around at midnight like a Sunday 
     D
afternoon
G                    D             C
With a purpose and a manner like a needle and a 
D
spoon
G                             D             C
A bad thing waitin' 'round to happen like a lake of
D
gasoline
G            D                     C
The way that woman does me is like nothing, I've 
     D
ever seen

Pre Chorus:

C
Now I wanna tell her how I feel
D
But each time that I start
G                      D
My tongue wraps like a tether ball
C                   D
Six times around my heart and I say

Chorus:

G    D    C         D
Hey, hey, hey, Miss Ferguson
G              D    C          D
It's Cory from work callin' to say
G    D    C         D
Hey, hey, hey, Miss Ferguson
G                            D               C
I was wonderin' what you was doing, a little later 
   D
on today
G                           D               C
Just wonderin' what you was doing, a little later on
D
today

G D C D (4X)

G                     D              C
Don't think I'll ever wake up on the wrong side of
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her bed

G              D    C              D
She brings the sun, she brings the shine
G                     D                  C
These days every time I try and start to sing some 
    D
sad song
G            D                  C               
I open up my mouth and the only words that I can
D
find is just
G         D   C                  D    G D C D
Sha-la-la-la, sha-la-la-la-la-la-la
G         D   C                  D    G D C D
Sha-la-la-la, sha-la-la-la-la-la-la

Chorus:

G    D    C         D
Hey, hey, hey, Miss Ferguson
G              D    C          D
It's Cory from work callin' to say
G    D    C         D
Hey, hey, hey, Miss Ferguson
G                            D               C
I was wonderin' what you was doing, a little later 
   D
on today
G                           D               C
Just wonderin' what you was doing, a little later on
D
today

G            D                  C           D
I ain't even thinkin' about the rest of our day
G                            D               C
I was wonderin' what you was doing, a little later
   D
on today
G      D    C             D          G
I said hey, hey, Miss Ferguson, it's me