Verse 1 G5 E5 C5 G5 Back in 41 you met a brown eyed boy who called you pretty G5 E5 C5 G5 He?d walk every day couple miles out of his way to hold your hand and keep you company E5 C5 G5 C5 G5 D5 Your mama said don?t call it love at 14 but sitting on that front porch swing (Chorus) G5 He gave you his picture in a locket that you wore around your neck D5 E5 D5 C5 G5 Left it right beside your heart so you would not forget the way it felt when he held your hand D5 E5 And you swore that you would never take it off and the butterflies you felt said it all C5 G5 D5 You were falling with a boy inside your locket Verse 2 G5 E5 C5 G5 Back in 43 that brown eyed boy went overseas and had to leave town for a little while G5 E5 C5 G5 He swore he?d marry you soon as the war was through you would be his wife E5 C5 G5 C5 D5 Standing in the pouring rain you cried as you watched him ride away (Chorus) E5 D5 G5 But every day you had his picture in a locket that you wore around your neck D5 E5 D5 C5 G5 Left it right beside your heart so you would not forget the way his kiss tasted on your lips D5 G5 D5 E5 And every day felt like a lifetime with him gone and you pray that god would bring him safely home C5 G5 Cuz you made a promise to the boy inside your locket E5 C5 G5 D5 Oh 60 years you 2 had together he?s been gone for a couple now E5 C5 And it breaks my heart to see you struggle to remember G5 D5 I?ve been writing all your memories down C5 G5 And I stop by today to read a couple pages E5 G5 C5 G5 Grandma you sure look pretty and you smile that smile C5 G5 C5 D5 The one I haven?t seen in quite a while and you said to me D5 D5 I want you to keep G5 His picture in a locket that I wore around my neck D5 E5 C5 The one I left beside my heart so I would not forget the greatest love G5 And the greatest man I?ve ever known D5 G5 But it?s getting time for me to head on home D5 E5 She said that brown eyed boy is waiting and I don?t wanna keep him long C5 G5 Heaven is calling and she said my heart is longing for the boy inside your locket
