Capo 2
[Intro] |  G  |  Am  | (2x)
G (320003@1)                                         Am (x02210@1)                
She used to come over to my house, she only lived a few miles away
G (320003@1)                                    AmNever (x02210@1)knew why but my mama said fi she wanted she could stay
D (xx0232@1)                                                AmA (x02210@1)pretty little girl who fought like a boy but she wanted to hold my hand
D (xx0232@1)                                                  AmIn (x02210@1)a little blue dress that she always wore, yeah, I might have been her only friend

[Instrumental] |  G  |  Am  |

G (320003@1)                                                AmI (x02210@1)remember that summer like yesterday, she used to hang around all the time
G (320003@1)                                             AmDown (x02210@1)by the creek we would always play and tell secrets by the porch light
D (xx0232@1)                                   AmShy (x02210@1)as a bird and timid as a flower I wondered where she grew up
D (xx0232@1)                                           Am (x02210@1)                                  GI (320003@1)never really thought that much about it but everybody said her daddy was the town drunk

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Am (x02210@1)          G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1)                         AmBroken (x02210@1)like a bottle, running from the only home she ever had
Am (x02210@1)    G (320003@1)           DTangled (xx0232@1)in the talk behind her back
Am (x02210@1)                     G (320003@1)                    D (xx0232@1)                           AmYeah, (x02210@1)he thought she was nothin, growing like a weed on the wrong side of the tracks
Am (x02210@1)                                  GHow (320003@1)could anyone not love a girl like that?

[Instrumental] |  G  |  Am  |
G (320003@1)                                            AmOne (x02210@1)afternoon in the middle of town, I saw her daddy sleeping on a bench
G (320003@1)                                                   AmSo (x02210@1)I walked up to him and introduced myself, said his daughter was my best friend
D (xx0232@1)                                        AmHe (x02210@1)looked at me like he didn't care and he asked me for a couple bucks
D (xx0232@1)                                      Am (x02210@1)                                        G (320003@1)Right then I decided I'd look after that pretty little girl whose daddy was the town drunk

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[Instrumental] |  G  |  Am  | (2x)
[Repeat Chorus]
[Instrumental] |  G  |  Am  | (2x)

G (320003@1)                                               AmSeveral (x02210@1)years later, I read in the paper that her daddy had passed away
G (320003@1)                                                             Am (x02210@1)I was holdin' her hand, she had the baby in the other there was really nothing I could say
DShe (xx0232@1)looked at me and I gave her a kiss
AmAll (x02210@1)that really mattered was the three of us
D (xx0232@1)                                       Am (x02210@1)                                GNobody (320003@1)thought it'd all work out for that pretty little girl who was the town drunk