Roy Orbison – Almost Eighteen (Guitar)

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Recorded on RCA in 1959. Didn't chart. Too bad, because it's a good song. (Acoustic guitar.) INTRO: A #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.