🎸 Intro: A one, a two, a one, two, three 🎸 Verse 1: E A E Black Maryland road on a dark mellow night E B Two cars pulling up ahead on my right E A E Gone up the highway gonna see my betty jean E She got eyes like a jack rabbit B E Staring dead at my high beams
🎸 Verse 2: E A E Well over in the woods in a hail door light E B Two red hills boys in a bare knuckle fight E A E Stretched out on the hood of our gto E B E She's filing her nails shouting go bobby go 🎸 Chorus: A Betty Jean, Betty Jean E B Betty Jean, Betty Jean A Betty Jean, Betty Jean E A Honey you're cute but you sure are mean E Oh Betty Jean 🎸 Verse 3: E Well she jumped in my car A E We started driving around E She turned that radio dial B To that head banging sound E A E Gone up the highway she was giving me the itch E She put her hand on my leg B E I drove us in a drainage ditch 🎸 Chorus: A Betty Jean, Betty Jean E B Betty Jean, Betty Jean A Betty Jean, Betty Jean E A Honey you're cute but you sure are mean E Oh Betty Jean 🎸 Bridge: E A Yeah um bop buddy E Yeah ditty bop bop B Um bop em ditty E Ditty udy bop bop A E Udu bop em ditty udy bop bop B E Um bop em ditty yeah udy bop bop 🎸 Verse 4: E A E Next thing I knew I was running through the crowd E I swore her my love forever B She was laughing out loud E A E We were married in the spring out on 531 E B E Had fifteen kids and I hate every single one 🎸 Chorus: A Betty Jean, Betty Jean E B Betty Jean, Betty Jean A Betty Jean, Betty Jean E A Honey you're cute but you sure are mean E A E Oh Betty Jean, Oh Betty Jean A B Oh Betty Jean