Written by Neil Young
D Betty Lou, got a new pair of shoes D Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes, wooo G Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes D Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes A G Betty Lou, wah..oo, wah..oo, wahooh D Betty Lou got a new pair of shoesVerse 1:
D Well, she walked in the shoe store, she picked out a shoe D7 She tried on a twelve, but that wouldn't doG Betty Lou, Betty Lou, got a new pair of shoes D Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes A G Betty Lou, wah..oo, wah..oo, wahooh D Betty Lou got a new pair of shoesVerse 2:
D Well, she cracked up over the solid fit D7 Walking down the street with her brand new kitG Betty Lou, Betty Lou, got a new pair of shoes D Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes A G Betty Lou, wah..oo, wah..oo, wahooh D Betty Lou got a new pair of shoesVerse 3:
D Well, she's walking down the street, she met an undertaker D7 He tried to bury her new Shoe-de-bakersInterlude: G D A G D D Well, she went to a rock and roll party the other night D7 Someone stepped on her Shudebakers and she started a fightG Betty Lou, Betty Lou, got a new pair of shoes D Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes A G Betty Lou, wah..oo, wah..oo, wahooh D Betty Lou got a new pair of shoesG Betty Lou, Betty Lou, got a new pair of shoes D Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes A G Betty Lou, wah..oo, wah..oo, wahooh D Betty Lou got a new pair of shoesD Well, she walked in the shoe store, gave the man a tip D7 Told him to go buy hisself a rocket ship Other D Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes, woo G Look at that girl walking down the street, yeah D Woo, she's stepping higher than a kite A Yeah, with them shiny new Shudebakers she's got on G Whoa, I dig them kids, yeah D Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes (Fade)G Betty Lou, Betty Lou, got a new pair of shoes D Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes A G Betty Lou, wah..oo, wah..oo, wahooh D Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes