Tom: G
G D/F#
He was just a kid barely seventeen
Em C
she was the best-lookin’ thing you’d ever seen
G D/F#
Got his old car runnin’ he picked her up one night
Em
Went flying down the highway
C
With half a tank and one headlight
[Break]
G D/F# G
[Verse]
G D/F#
Told her she was pretty told her that he cared
Em C
Told her all the things that a young girl wants to hear
G D/F#
She gave him a kiss gave her his high school ring
Em C
They professed their love in front of the Dairy Queen
[Break]
G D/F# G
[Verse]
G D/F#
Graduation came life has to move along
Em C
Daddy sent her off to college and he volunteered for ‘Nam
G D/F#
She wed a doctor and moved to Austin
Em C
He came home a hero in a medal in a coffin
[Break]
G D/F# G
[Verse]
G D/F#
She talks to God sometimes pray his soul be save
Em C
Calls his mom at Christmas sends flowers to his grave
G D/F#
She keeps his memory close to her heart
Em C
She hides his ring in an old money jar
[Break]
G D/F# G
[Verse]
G D/F#
She has no regrets loves her old man and kids
Em C
But there’s a part of her that still belongs to him
G D/F#
And sometimes she gets sad and she daydreams
Em C
She hops in her car and goes to Dairy Queen
