D A D D7 G D One morning while reading the paper, in search of a new set of wheels A D B7 E7 A7 The classifieds had a most curious ad in their listing of automobiles D A D D7 G D I read in suspicious amusement what seemed like a great stroke of luck G D A D "Corvette Stingray," it said, "low mileage, bright red, '83 model -- sixty-five bucks" [Verse] D A D D7 G D Well I was used to my newspaper's typos, still I called up that number straightway A D B7 E7 A7 "'Bout that '83 'Vette -- have you sold the thing yet?" She said, "No, you're my first call today" D A D D7 G D I said, "There's been some mistake in the paper, they've printed the price wrong somehow" G D A D "Oh, no," replied she, "they got that from me." I said, "Don't sell that car, I'm leaving now" [Bridge] G D G D Well her address was in the part of the city where I'd ventured just one time or two A D E7 A7 Where the doctors, bank presidents, and lawyers are residents, and the houses are massive and new D A D D7 G F# As I drove up her half-a-mile driveway, there in the heat of the day G D B7 E7 A7 D In the sunlight it gleamed, the car of my dreams -- just sixty-five dollars away [Verse] D A D D7 G D Well the interior was done in of white leather, it had a 587 V-8 A D B7 E7 A7 Gull wingspan doors, Hurst four-on-the-floor, and the 8-channel tape deck was great D A D D7 G D There was chrome on the chrome on the fenders An aerodynamic design G D A D A bar, a TV, and it was bogglin' to me that for sixty-five bucks it was mine [Verse] D A D D7 G D Well I expected that this woman was crazy, to sell off this car at that price A D B7 E7 A7 But as we walked down the lane she seemed perfectly sane -- she was charming and really quite nice D A D D7 G F# And she smiled in such great satisfaction as she handed me title and keys G D A D I said, "I've just got to know why you've let this thing go -- what's wrong with this car, tell me, please?" [Verse] D A D D7 G D Said she, "I'll be sixty come Tuesday, and I've lived here with my husband Earl A D B7 E7 A7 After thirty years wed, and without a word said, he left me for a young teenage girl D A D D7 G F# With his credit cards left here behind him, I knew that he couldn't get far G D A D Last night from Florida he sent a wire to me, said, 'I need money, dear -- sell the car!'"