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 
 
[ CHORUS
           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")