Lauren Alaina – The Locket (Guitar)

G           Em
 Back in '41, you met a brown-eyed boy 

C                    G
 Who called you pretty

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 He'd walk everyday, couple miles out of his way to hold your hand 

                    G
 And keep you company

      Em               C               G
 Your mama said don't call it love at 14

      Am               C           D
 But sittin' on that front porch swing

                  G
 He gave you his picture in a locket that you wore around your neck 

          Em
 Left it right beside your heart so you would not forget 

      C                             G
 The way it felt when he held your hand

           G
 And you swore that you would never take it off

         Em
 And the butterflies you felt said it all

  C                                       G
 You were falling with the boy inside your locket

G                  Em
 Back in '43, the brown-eyed boy went overseas 

      C                               G 
 And had to leave town for a little while

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 He swore he'd marry you as soon as the war was through

  C                G
 You would be his wife

   Em             C        G
 Standing in the pouring rain

       Am          C                 D
 You cried as you watched him ride away

           C
 But everyday

              G
 You had his picture in a locket that you wore around your neck

          Em
 Left it right beside your heart so you would not forget

      C                           G
 The way his kiss tasted on your lips

           G
 And everyday felt like a lifetime with him gone

           Em
 And you prayed that God would bring him safely home

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 'Cause you made a promise to the boy inside your locket

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 Oh, 60 years you two had together and he's been gone for a couple now

          Em                          C
 And it breaks my heart to see you struggle to remember

G                                D
 And I've been writing all your memories down 

         C                  G
 And I stopped by today to read a couple pages

Em                        G
 Grandma, you sure look pretty

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 And you smile that smile, the one I haven't seen in quite a while

          D
 And you said to me, I want you to keep 

      G
 His picture in a locket that I wore around my neck

            Em
 The one I left beside my heart so I would not forget

       C                                            G
 The greatest love and the greatest man I've ever known

           G
 But it's gettin' time for me to head on home 

                  Em
 She said, that brown-eyed boy is waiting and I don't want to keep him long

  C                                                G
 Heaven is calling, and she said, my heart is longing

                          G       C      G
 For the boy inside your locket