Capo 1st fret
Standard (EADGBE)
Intro
(verse 1)
She was in the backyard say it was a little past n ine,
When her prince pulled up, a white pickup tr uck,
(verse 2)
Her folks should've seen it comming it was just a matter of time,
Pleanty old enough, when you can't stop lo ve,
(verse 3)
She stuck a not on the screen door, sorry but I got to go,
That was all she wrote, her momma's heart was b roke,
That was all she wrote, so the story go es,
(chorus)
Now her d addy's in the kitchen,
Starin out the window scratchin and rackin his br ains,
How could eighteen years just up and walk a way,
A little pony tailed girl, growed up to be a woman
Now she's gone in the a blink of an e ye,
She left the suds in the bucket,
And the clothes hangin out on the line,
(verse 4)
Now don't you wonder what the preachers gonna preach about Sunday m ornin,
Nothin quit like this, it's happened here bef ore,
(verse 5)
Well he must've been a looker, a smooth talkin sun-of-a- gun,
For such a grounded girl, to just up and r un,
Cause you can't fence time, and you can't stop l ove,
(chorus)
Now all the b itty's in the beautyshop,
Guess I'm going non-stop, sippin on pink lemo nade,
How could eighteen years just up and walk a way,
A little pony tailed girl, growed up to be a woman
Now she's gone in the a blink of an e ye,
She left the suds in the bucket,
And the clothes hangin out on the l ine, ye-hoo
(lead chords - A - D - A = 5x's)
(chorus)
She's got her p retty little bare feet,
Hangin out the window and their headed up to Vegas ton ight,
How could eighteen years just up and walk a way,
Our little pony tailed girl, growed up to be a woman
Now she's gone in the a blink of an e ye,
She left the suds in the bucket,
And the clothes hangin out on the l ine,
(ending verse)
She was in the backyard say it was a little past n ine,
When her prince pulled up, a white pickup tr uck,
Pleanty old enough, when you can't stop lo ve,
No you can't fence time, and you can't stop l ove,