Almost Eighteen

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Almost Eighteen:Roy Orbison.
Recorded on RCA in 1959. Didn't chart.
Too bad, because it's a good song.
(Acoustic guitar.)
A
INTRO:
#1.
A
Almost eighteen a lot of sugar and lace.
D A
Almost eighteen with an angel face.
E
She says I'm her kind of guy..
D E
and if I leave her she'll die..uh, huh.
#2.
A
I'll flip upside down and all the way around.
I'm acting like a clown because I think I've found,
D
the cream of the crop, I know I'll never stop..
A E
I'll go on lovin' my baby, she's a grown up lady, now.
CHORUS:
D
Full skirt, don't flirt, ballerina shoes..
B E
pin slips, two lips that never sing the blues.
#3.
A
Almost eighteen, a ribbon in her hair.
D A
Almost eighteen, my baby's young and fair.
E D
Uh-uh, I'll never let her go..because, oh,
E
I love her so, oh-oh.
#4.
A
She's gonna have her birthday then we'll run away.
We're gonna find a preacher, let him be the teacher.
D
Gonna Honeymoon all through the month of June..
A E
darlin' we'll have time until we're ninety nine, yea, yea.
CHORUS:
D
Wedding bells gonna ring, we're gonna be together.
B E
I love her, she loves me, our love'll live forever.
#5.
A
Almost eighteen, she's a swingin' queen.
D A
Almost eighteen, oh, what a lovely dream.
E D E
Until the end of time my baby's mine, all mine, uh-huh.
A
Almost Eighteen..
OUTRO:
A
Almost eighteen..almost eighteen..almost eighteen..(Fade.)
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.

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Almost Eighteen:Roy Orbison.
Recorded on RCA in 1959. Didn't chart.
Too bad, because it's a good song.
(Acoustic guitar.)
INTRO: A
#1.
#2.
I'm acting like a clown because I think I've found,
CHORUS:
#3.
#4.
We're gonna find a preacher, let him be the teacher.
CHORUS:
#5.
OUTRO:
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.

Almost Eighteen Chords by Roy Orbison

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