The Locket by Lauren Alaina
Album: Wildflower
Track 8
2011

Standard Tuning
Capo on the 5th fret

Chords:

D:    xx0232
Bm:   x24432
G:    320033 or 320003
A:    x02220

Intro:     D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)  x2

D (xx0232@1)          Bm (x24432@1)Back in '41 you met a brown eyed boy 
G (320003@1)                  D (xx0232@1)Who called you pretty
                    Bm (x24432@1)                              G (320003@1)He'd walk everyday a couple miles out of his way to hold your hand 
                     D (xx0232@1)And  keep you company

Bm (x24432@1)             G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1)Your mama said don't call it love at 14
      G (320003@1)                          A (x02220@1)But sitting on that front porch swing

D (xx0232@1)He gave you his picture in a locket that you wore around your neck 
          Bm (x24432@1)Left it right beside your heart so you would not forget 
      G (320003@1)                           D (xx0232@1)The way it felt when he held your hand

And you swore that you would never take it off
         Bm (x24432@1)And the butterflies you felt said it all
  G (320003@1)                                          D (xx0232@1)You were falling with the boy inside your locket

D (xx0232@1)                 Bm (x24432@1)Back in '43 your brown eyed boy went over seas 
      G (320003@1)                             D (xx0232@1) And had to leave town for a little while
                         Bm (x24432@1)  
 He swore he'd marry you as soon as the war was through
  G (320003@1)              D (xx0232@1)You would be his wife

Bm (x24432@1)           G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)Standing in the pouring rain
       G (320003@1)                           A (x02220@1)You cried as you watched him ride away
           Bm (x24432@1)   A (x02220@1)But everyday

D (xx0232@1)You had his picture in a locket that you wore around your neck
          Bm (x24432@1)Left it right beside your heart so you would not forget
      G (320003@1)                         D (xx0232@1)The way his kiss tasted on your lips

And everyday felt like a lifetime with him gone
           Bm (x24432@1)And you prayed that God would bring him safely home
             G (320003@1)                                   D (xx0232@1)'Cause you made a promise to the boy inside your locket

Bm (x24432@1)      G (320003@1)                      D (xx0232@1)                         A (x02220@1)Oh, 60 years you two had together and he's been gone for a couple now
          Bm (x24432@1)                        G (320003@1)And it breaks my heart to see you struggle to remember
  D (xx0232@1)                            A (x02220@1)And I've been writing all your memories down 
            G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1)And I stopped by today to read a couple pages
   Bm (x24432@1)                      D (xx0232@1)Grandma, you sure look pretty
           G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1)             G (320003@1)And you smile that smile, the one I haven't seen in quite a while
          A (x02220@1)And you said to me, I want you to keep

D (xx0232@1)His picture in a locket that I wore around my neck
            Bm (x24432@1)The one I left beside my heart so I would not forget
       G (320003@1)                                          D (xx0232@1)The greatest love and the greatest man I've ever known

But it's getting time for me to head on home 
                  Bm (x24432@1)She said, that brown eyed boy is waiting and I don't wanna keep him long
  G (320003@1)Heaven is calling, and she said, my heart is longing
                          D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)   G (320003@1)For the boy inside your locket

End on D