Roy Orbison – Almost Eighteen (Ukulele)

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Recorded on RCA in 1959. Didn't chart. Too bad, because it's a good song. (Acoustic guitar.) INTRO: C #1.

C
Almost eighteen a lot of sugar and lace.

       F                      C
Almost eighteen with an angel face.

             G
She says I'm her kind of guy..

         F                         G
and if I leave her she'll die..uh, huh.

#2.

C                 
I'll flip upside down and all the way around.

I'm acting like a clown because I think I've found,

    F
the cream of the crop, I know I'll never stop..

           C                                      G
I'll go on lovin' my baby, she's a grown up lady, now.

CHORUS:

F
Full skirt, don't flirt, ballerina shoes..

D                        G
pin slips, two lips that never sing the blues.

#3.

       C
Almost eighteen, a ribbon in her hair.

       F                             C
Almost eighteen, my baby's young and fair.

            G                          F
Uh-uh, I'll never let her go..because, oh, 

                  G
I love her so, oh-oh.

#4.

            C
She's gonna have her birthday then we'll run away.

We're gonna find a preacher, let him be the teacher.

      F
Gonna Honeymoon all through the month of June..

        C                                             G
darlin' we'll have time until we're ninety nine, yea, yea.

CHORUS:

F
Wedding bells gonna ring, we're gonna be together.

D                             G
I love her, she loves me, our love'll live forever.

#5.

       C
Almost eighteen, she's a swingin' queen.

       F                           C
Almost eighteen, oh, what a lovely dream.

          G                     F                  G
Until the end of time my baby's mine, all mine, uh-huh.

       C
Almost Eighteen..

OUTRO:

C
Almost eighteen..almost eighteen..almost eighteen..(Fade.)

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