Lauren Alaina – Eighteen Inches (Ukulele)

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Album: Wildflower Track 9 2011 Chords: Fadd9: x32033 C: 320033 or 320003 G: xx0232 Am7: x22033 Em7: x23042 ( if you prefer you can replace Bm7 by Bm: x24432 ) Am: x22000 Intro: Fadd9 C G x4
          Fadd9     C             G       Em7
  It's about fifteen hundred miles to California 

Fadd9                C          G         
  They'll get there Friday if they leave tonight 

Fadd9         C             G           Am7
  She sneaks out at three thirty in the morning 

            Fadd9       C           G        C    
  Leaves a note so she won't see her daddy cry
Fadd9 C G x2
  Fadd9        C              G             Em7
  He cuts the engine when he coasts in the driveway

   Fadd9             C             G          
  She slides in and gives him one kiss for the road

        Fadd9            C       G           Am7
  No friends and no family, no job out there waiting

             Fadd9               C          G        C
  The whole town will call them crazy but they gotta go

        Fadd9  C       G           Am7
  'Cause when you're young and in love, yeah 

       Fadd9          C                G           
  You might do some things that don't seem all that smart

         Fadd9  C    G          Am7              Fadd9      C
  'Cause there ain't no greater distance than the eighteen inches from your

   G             C     
  Head to your heart
Fadd9 C G x2
          Fadd9         C         G       Em7
  They can barely make rent on a rundown apartment

  Fadd9          C          G     
  She's waiting tables and he's a valet

           Fadd9         C             G           Am7
  They're behind on the bills and the car's barely running 

     Fadd9       C             G              C
  But he buys a ring with the tips that he's saved

        Fadd9  C       G           Am7
  'Cause when you're young and in love, yeah 

       Fadd9          C                G           
  You might do some things that don't seem all that smart

         Fadd9  C    G          Am7              Fadd9      C
  'Cause there ain't no greater distance than the eighteen inches from your

   G             C     
  Head to your heart  
Fadd9 C G
   Am                       G                            Fadd9   G   Fadd9
  Last thing they need is another mouth to feed, but they won't call

   Am                       G                     Fadd9  G   Fadd9
  Just kids themselves but that's all to change in nine more months

Fadd9           C            G            Am7
  She wakes him up at three thirty in the morning

Fadd9       C             G          
  Ready or not their new life's gonna start

Fadd9     C       G     Em7
  Seven pounds and eighteen inches

             Fadd9          C           G            C    
  The doctor lays that new baby's head right on her heart
Fadd9 C G
        Fadd9  C       G           Am7
  'Cause when you're young and in love, yeah 

       Fadd9          C                G           (Gsus4)
  You might do some things that don't seem all that smart

      Fadd9  C           G         Am7
  But thank God for those eighteen inches 

     Fadd9         C             G            C
  The distance it is from your head to your heart
Fadd9 C G x4 End on Fadd9