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Dairy Queen

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[Verse]
HGe was just a kid bD/F#arely seventeen
sEmhe was the best-lookin’ thCing you’d ever seen
GGot his old car runnin’ he pD/F#icked her up one night
WEment flying down the highway
With hCalf a tank and one headlight
[Break]
 G   D/F#   G
[Verse]
TGold her she was pretty D/F#told her that he cared
TEmold her all the things that a yCoung girl wants to hear
SGhe gave him a kiss D/F#gave her his high school ring
TEmhey professed their love iCn front of the Dairy Queen
[Break]
G   D/F#    G
[Verse]
GradGuation came D/F#life has to move along
DEmaddy sent her off to college and Che volunteered for ‘Nam
SGhe wed a doctor D/F#and moved to Austin
HEme came home a hero iCn a medal in a coffin
[Break]
 G   D/F#   G
[Verse]
SGhe talks to God sometimes D/F#pray his soul be save
CEmalls his mom at Christmas Csends flowers to his grave
SGhe keeps his memory D/F#close to her heart
SEmhe hides his ring Cin an old money jar
[Break]
 G   D/F#   G
[Verse]
SGhe has no regrets D/F#loves her old man and kids
BEmut there’s a part of her tChat still belongs to him
AGnd sometimes she gets sad D/F#and she daydreams
SEmhe hops in her car aCnd goes to Dairy Queen

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Dairy Queen

by John Corbett

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

D/F#

[Verse]

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

Went flying down the highway

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

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