Roy Orbison – Almost Eighteen chords

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.
AAlmost eighteen a lot of sugar and lace.
       D                      AAlmost eighteen with an angel face.
             EShe says I'm her kind of guy..
         D                         Eand 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,
    Dthe cream of the crop, I know I'll never stop..
           A                                      EI'll go on lovin' my baby, she's a grown up lady, now.

CHORUS:
DFull skirt, don't flirt, ballerina shoes..
B                        Epin slips, two lips that never sing the blues.

#3.
       AAlmost eighteen, a ribbon in her hair.
       D                             AAlmost eighteen, my baby's young and fair.
            E                          DUh-uh, I'll never let her go..because, oh, 
                  EI love her so, oh-oh.

#4.
            AShe's gonna have her birthday then we'll run away.

We're gonna find a preacher, let him be the teacher.
      DGonna Honeymoon all through the month of June..
        A                                             Edarlin' we'll have time until we're ninety nine, yea, yea.

CHORUS:
DWedding bells gonna ring, we're gonna be together.
B                             EI love her, she loves me, our love'll live forever.

#5.
       AAlmost eighteen, she's a swingin' queen.
       D                           AAlmost eighteen, oh, what a lovely dream.
          E                     D                  EUntil the end of time my baby's mine, all mine, uh-huh.
       AAlmost Eighteen..

OUTRO:
AAlmost eighteen..almost eighteen..almost eighteen..(Fade.)



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