Roy Orbison – Almost Eighteen (Guitar)
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(2)
Guitar
Ukulele
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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.