[Intro] E A C#m A ............ E A C#m A ............ [Verse I] E Quarter in a payphone, drying laundry on the line D Watching sun tea in the window
A Pocket watch for telling time E Seems like only yesterday I'd get a blank cassette D Record the Country Countdown A 'Cos I couldn't buy it yet [Instrumental] E Esus4 .......... [Verse II] E If we drove all the way to Dallas Just to buy an Easter dress D We'd take along a Rand McNally A Stand in line to pay for gas E God knows that shifting gears Ain't what it used to be D I learned to drive that '55 A Just like a Queen three on the trip [Chorus] E A Hey whatever happened to C#m Waiting your turn A Doing it all by hand E A 'Cos when everything is handed to you
C#m A It's only worth as much as the time you put in D A It all just seems so good the way we had it D A E A C#m A Back before everything became, Automatic............ [Verse III] E If you had something to say You'd write in on a piece of paper D And you'd put a stamp on it A And they'd get it three days later E Boys would call the girls And girls would turn them down D Staying married was the only way A To work your problems out [Chorus] E A Hey whatever happened to C#m Waiting your turn A Doing it all by hand E A 'Cos when everything is handed to you C#m A It's only worth as much as the time you put in D A It all just seems so good the way we had it D A E A C#m A Back before everything became, Automatic............ E A C#m A Automatic E Lets's roll the windows down Windows with the cranks D Come on let's take a picture A (pause) The kind you gotta shake..........
E A Hey whatever happened to C#m Waiting your turn A Doing it all by hand E A 'Cos when everything is handed to you C#m A It's only worth as much as the time you put in D A It all just seems so good the way we had it D A E A C#m A Back before everything became, Automatic............ E A C#m A Automatic.............