Ballad of a Teenage Queen - Johnny Cash
This whole song is done with a capo on the 3rd fret, with a fast
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(Dream on, dream on teenage queen prettiest girl we've ever seen)
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There's a story in our town
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Of the prettiest girl around
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Golden hair and eyes of blue
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How those eyes could flash at you (How those eyes could flash at you)
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Boys hung 'round her by the score
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But she loved the boy next door who worked at the candy store
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(Dream on, dream on teenage queen prettiest girl we've ever seen)
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She was tops in all they said
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It never once went to her head
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She had everything it seems
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Not a care, this teenage queen (Not a care, this teenage queen)
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Other boys could offer more
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But she loved the boy next door who worked at the candy store
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(Dream on, dream on teenage queen you should be a movie queen)
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He would marry her next spring
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Saved his money, bought a ring
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Then one day a movie scout
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Came to town to take her out (Came to town to take her out)
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Hollywood could offer more
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So she left the boy next door working at the candy store
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(Dream on, dream on teenage queen see you on the movie screen)
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Very soon she was a star
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Pretty house and shiny car
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Swimming pool and a fence around
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But she missed her old home town (But she missed her old home town)
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All the world was at her door
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All except the boy next door who worked at the candy store
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(Dream on, dream on teenage queen saddest girl we've ever seen)
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Then one day the teenage star
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Sold her house and all her cars
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Gave up all her wealth and fame
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Left it all and caught a train (Left it all and caught a train)
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Do I have to tell you more
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She came back to the boy next door who worked at the candy store
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(Now this story has some more, you'll hear it all at the candy store)
R.I.P. Johnny Cash
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