Intro - A
(verse 1)
A D A
She was in the backyard say it was a little past nine
D A
When her prince pulled up a white pickup truck
(verse 2)
A D A
Her folks should've seen it comming it was just a matter of time
D A
Pleanty old enough when you can't stop love
(verse 3)
A D A
She stuck a not on the screen door sorry but I got to go
D A
That was all she wrote her momma's heart was broke
D A
That was all she wrote so the story goes
(chorus)
F#m
Now her daddy's in the kitchen
E D A
Starin out the window scratchin and rackin his brains
F#m E D
How could eighteen years just up and walk away
F#m E
A little pony tailed girl growed up to be a woman
D A
Now she's gone in the a blink of an eye
A
She left the suds in the bucket
E A - E - A
And the clothes hangin out on the line
(verse 4)
A D A
Now don't you wonder what the preachers gonna preach about Sunday mornin
D A
Nothin quit like this it's happened here before
(verse 5)
A D A
Well he must've been a looker a smooth talkin sun-of-a-gun
D A
For such a grounded girl to just up and run
D A
Cause you can't fence time and you can't stop love
(chorus)
F#m
Now all the bitty's in the beautyshop
E D A
Guess I'm going non-stop sippin on pink lemonade
F#m E D
How could eighteen years just up and walk away
F#m E
A little pony tailed girl growed up to be a woman
D A
Now she's gone in the a blink of an eye
A
She left the suds in the bucket
E A
And the clothes hangin out on the line ye-hoo
(lead chords - A - D - A = 5x's)
(chorus)
F#m
She's got her pretty little bare feet
E D A
Hangin out the window and their headed up to Vegas tonight
F#m E D
How could eighteen years just up and walk away
F#m E
Our little pony tailed girl growed up to be a woman
D A
Now she's gone in the a blink of an eye
A
She left the suds in the bucket
E A
And the clothes hangin out on the line
(ending verse)
A D A
She was in the backyard say it was a little past nine
D A
When her prince pulled up a white pickup truck
D A
Pleanty old enough when you can't stop love
D A
No you can't fence time and you can't stop love