Capo 2
[Intro] | G | Am | (2x)
[G]She used to come over to my house, she only [Am]lived a few miles away
[G]Never knew why but my mama said fi she [Am]wanted she could stay
[D]A pretty little girl who fought like a boy but she [Am]wanted to hold my hand
[D]In a little blue dress that she always wore, yeah, I [Am]might have been her only friend
[Instrumental] | G | Am |
[G]I remember that summer like yesterday, she used to [Am]hang around all the time
[G]Down by the creek we would always play and tell [Am]secrets by the porch light
[D]Shy as a bird and timid as a flower I [Am]wondered where she grew up
[D]I never really thought that much about it but [Am]everybody said her daddy was the town [G]drunk
[Chorus:]
[Am]Broken like a [G]bottle, running [D]from the only home she ever [Am]had
[Am]Tangled [G]in the talk be[D]hind her back
[Am]Yeah, he thought she was [G]nothin, growing like a [D]weed on the wrong side of the [Am]tracks
[Am]How could anyone not love a girl like [G]that?
[Instrumental] | G | Am |
[G]One afternoon in the middle of town, I saw her [Am]daddy sleeping on a bench
[G]So I walked up to him and introduced myself, said his [Am]daughter was my best friend
[D]He looked at me like he didn't care and he [Am]asked me for a couple bucks
[D]Right then I decided I'd look after that [Am]pretty little girl whose daddy was the town [G]drunk
[Repeat Chorus]
[Instrumental] | G | Am | (2x)
[Repeat Chorus]
[Instrumental] | G | Am | (2x)
[G]Several years later, I read in the paper that her [Am]daddy had passed away
[G]I was holdin' her hand, she had the baby in the other there was [Am]really nothing I could say
[D]She looked at me and I gave her a kiss
[Am]All that really mattered was the three of us
[D]Nobody thought it'd all work out for that [Am]pretty little girl who was the town [G]drunk
[Intro] | G | Am | (2x)
[G]She used to come over to my house, she only [Am]lived a few miles away
[G]Never knew why but my mama said fi she [Am]wanted she could stay
[D]A pretty little girl who fought like a boy but she [Am]wanted to hold my hand
[D]In a little blue dress that she always wore, yeah, I [Am]might have been her only friend
[Instrumental] | G | Am |
[G]I remember that summer like yesterday, she used to [Am]hang around all the time
[G]Down by the creek we would always play and tell [Am]secrets by the porch light
[D]Shy as a bird and timid as a flower I [Am]wondered where she grew up
[D]I never really thought that much about it but [Am]everybody said her daddy was the town [G]drunk
[Chorus:]
[Am]Broken like a [G]bottle, running [D]from the only home she ever [Am]had
[Am]Tangled [G]in the talk be[D]hind her back
[Am]Yeah, he thought she was [G]nothin, growing like a [D]weed on the wrong side of the [Am]tracks
[Am]How could anyone not love a girl like [G]that?
[Instrumental] | G | Am |
[G]One afternoon in the middle of town, I saw her [Am]daddy sleeping on a bench
[G]So I walked up to him and introduced myself, said his [Am]daughter was my best friend
[D]He looked at me like he didn't care and he [Am]asked me for a couple bucks
[D]Right then I decided I'd look after that [Am]pretty little girl whose daddy was the town [G]drunk
[Repeat Chorus]
[Instrumental] | G | Am | (2x)
[Repeat Chorus]
[Instrumental] | G | Am | (2x)
[G]Several years later, I read in the paper that her [Am]daddy had passed away
[G]I was holdin' her hand, she had the baby in the other there was [Am]really nothing I could say
[D]She looked at me and I gave her a kiss
[Am]All that really mattered was the three of us
[D]Nobody thought it'd all work out for that [Am]pretty little girl who was the town [G]drunk
