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,