Standard Tuning EADGBe ------------|------------|----------| ------------|------------|----------| D----0-3-3-3-2-0-----|------------|----------| A--3------------3-3-|----0-1-1-1-0---------|-1p0------| E------------|--3------------3-1-1--|-----3-1--| Verse 1: Well I want to try and hold my head up high In this busted-up Pinto truck conversion between the broken concrete and the cloudy sky Well you have to make an effort with me can you make it look like you’re chauffeuring me? There’s enough gas to get us home now if we glide Verse 2: When we took this job I thought that you knew the deal I told the boss we had a Mercedes-Benz but all we got in our yard is a steering wheel Well I can’t borrow this tuxedo much longer well we might have to cut and sell your long hair I don’t mind you wearing a wig but I won’t steal Chorus 1: Yeah well honey we can’t afford to look this cheap We need to make it look like we’re high class so we’ll haul ourself on we can’t be beat I can’t help but wonder this time next year will we be drinking Dom Perignon or reheated beer? Well honey we can’t afford to look this cheap. Verse 3: We have to keep up appearances as long as we can There’s too much to lose our social status well our ice machine and our ceiling fan And if they find out that we ain’t real songwriters that we go Dutch on cigarette lighters We’re gonna lose the paradise that’s in our hands Chorus 2: Well honey we can’t afford to look this cheap Got an image to live up to in the best motel on Imposter Street While the Jones are waltzin off to dinner we glue old lotto tix together tryin to make us a winner Well honey we can’t afford to look this cheap (end)