Chords:
{t: Ballad Of A Teenage Queen }
{artist: Johnny Cash}
{key: G}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_60S4cQqPN4 Capo 3
{c: Thanks to Oak Bucket Music - Tom Achtenberg}
[G] Dream on, dream on, [C] teenage [G] queen,
[C] prettiest [G] girl we've [D] ever [G] seen.
[G] There's a story [C] in our [G] town of the prettiest [D] girl a-[G]round.
Golden hair and [C] eyes of [G] blue, how those eyes could [D] flash at [G] you.
{sob}How those eyes could [D] flash at [G] you.{eob}
[C] Boys hung around her [G] by the score,
but she loved the [D] boy next [G] door, who worked at the [D] candy [G] store.
[G] Dream on, dream on, [C] teenage [G] queen,
[C] prettiest [G] girl we've [D] ever [G] seen.
[G] She was tops in [C] all they [G] said, it never once went [D] to her [G] head.
She had ev'ry[C] thing, it [G] seemed, not a care, this [D] teenage [G] queen.
{sob}Not a care, this [D] teenage [G] queen.{eob}
[C] Other boys could [G] offer more,
but she loved the [D] boy next [G] door, who worked at the [D] candy [G] store.
[G] Dream on, dream on, [C] teenage [G] queen,
[C] you should [G] be a [D] movie [G] queen.
[G] He would marry [C] her next [G] spring, saved his money and [D] bought a [G] ring.
Then one day a [C] movie [G] scout came to town to [D] take her [G] out.
{sob}Came to town to [D] take her [G] out.{eob}
[C] Hollywood could [G] offer more,
so she left the [D] boy next [G] door, workin' at the [D] candy [G] store.
[G] Dream on, dream on, [C] teenage [G] queen,
[C] see you [G] on the [D] movie [G] screen.
[G] Very soon she [C] was a [G] star, pretty house and [D] shiny [G] cars.
Swimming pool and a [C] fence a-[G] ound,
but she missed her [D] old home-[G]town.
{sob}But she missed her [D] old home-[G]town.{eob}
[C] All the world was [G] at her door,
all except the [D] boy next [G] door, who worked at the [D] candy [G] store.
[G] Dream on, dream on, [C] teenage [G] queen,
[C] saddest [G] girl we’ve [D] ever [G] seen.
[G] Then one day the [C] teenage [G] star sold her house and [D] all her [G] cars.
Gave up all her [C] wealth and [G] fame, left it all and [D] caught a [G] train.
{sob}Left it all and [D] caught a [G] train.{eob}
[C] Do I have to [G] tell you more ?
She came back to the [D] boy next [G] door, who worked at the [D] candy [G] store.
[G] Now this story [C] has some [G] more, you'll [C] hear it [G] all at the [D] candy [G] store.
