Ballad of a teenage queen
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A E A
Dream on, dream on, teenage
queen, prettiest girl we've ever seen.
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1. There's a story in our town of the prettiest girl around.
D A E A
Golden hair and eyes of blue,
how those eyes could flash at you.
E A
( choir
: ) How those eyes could flash at you.
D A
Boys hung around her by the
score,
E A E A
but
she loved the boy next door, who worked at the candy store.
A D A D
A E A
Dream on, dream on, teenage
queen, prettiest girl we've ever seen.
A D A E A
2. She was tops in all they said, it never once went to her head.
D A E A
She had ev'rything,
it seemed, not a care, this teenage queen.
E A
( choir
: ) Not a care, this teenage queen.
D A
Other boys could offer more,
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but
she loved the boy next door, who worked at the candy store.
A D A D A E A
Dream on, dream on, teenage
queen, you should be a movie queen.
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3. He would marry her next spring, saved his money and bought a ring.
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Then one day a movie scout
came to town to take her out.
E A
( choir
: ) Came to town to take her out.
D A
E A E A
so
she left the boy next door, workin' at the candy
store.
A D A D
A E A
Dream on, dream on, teenage
queen, see you on the movie screen.
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4. Very soon she was a star, pretty house and shiny cars.
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Swimming pool and a fence around, but she missed her old hometown.
E A
( choir
: ) But she missed her old hometown.
D A
All the
world was at her door,
E A E A
all
except the boy next door, who worked at the candy store.
A D A D
A E A
Dream on, dream on, teenage
queen, saddest girl we’ve ever seen.
A D A E A
5. Then one day the teenage star sold her house and all her cars.
D A E A
Gave up all her wealth and
fame, left it all and caught a train.
E A
(choir :
) Left it all and caught a train.
D A
Do I have to tell you more ?
E A E A
She came back to the boy next
door, who worked at the candy store.
A D A D A E A
Now this story has some more,
you'll hear it all at the candy store.
(orig. = capo 2nd)
(Johnny Cash)