st Fret Intro: C D They raised him up on the instalment plan F G The homely son of a handsome man C G F G Neither clear-complected nor expected to achieve C D A little bit ragged, a little bit rough F A little too rowdy for the summer of love C G C Still he's looking for a reason to believeC D He got himself married at seventeen F G She looked real pretty but she talked kinda mean C G F G He thought they'd work things out in the fullness of time C D Well, twenty years later he's headed south F The close-range victim of her sawed-off mouth C G C Leaving their salad days behindF C G And he's changed his name from Frank to Valentino F C And he's growing out his sideburns G And he's wearing platform shoes F C E7 Am And he's driving on the midnight road from Medford down to Reno F C G And he thinks he's found a way to cure his working bluesInstrumental: C G F C G F C D Lord have mercy on the working stiff F G Pulling graveyards and double-shifts C G F G Trying to hold his own beside the pretty and the bright C D Giving up the dream of his own backyard F Juggling taxes and credit cards C G C Now he's rolling like a ghost train through the nightF C G And he's changed his name from Frank to Valentino F C And he's growing out his sideburns G And he's wearing platform shoes F C E7 Am And he's driving on the midnight road from Medford down to Reno F C G And he thinks he's found a way to cure his working bluesF C G And he's changed his name from Frank to Valentino F C And he's growing out his sideburns G And he's wearing platform shoes F C E7 Am And he's driving on the midnight road from Medford down to Reno F C G And he thinks he's found a way to cure his working blues F C G And he thinks he's found a way to cure his working blues F C G Yes, he thinks he's found a way to cure his working blues