Intro - G


G       D/F#       Em                  
Rebecca Lynn, grew up in Carolina

Am                      G/B       C       
Half a mile from Tucker Cherry's farm

G       D/F#       Em                            
A quiet girl, with green eyes full of fire

C                                     Dsus   D     
Her daddy's pride and all her mama's charm

G       D/F#     Em                     
Rebecca Lynn, became my heart's desire

Am                   G/B     C   
Long about the start of second grade

G    D/F#       Em          
Mrs. Rosenbloom let me sit beside her

   C                   Dsus   D           G       D
So we passed notes and after school we played



Chorus

       G  D/F#  Em      D   C                Dsus     D     
Singin' Ring around the rosy, pocket full of dreams and posies

G     D/F#  Em        D   C                 Dsus   D
Patty cake the baker's man, tag you're it and kick the can

      G  D/F#   Em       D      C         Dsus
And I think I hear my mama callin', gotta go

D                   G
Man I loved her so



Key Change 

A         E/G#  F#m
High school days, me and Becky learnin'

Bm                    A/C# D
What it really means to be in love

A      E/G#  F#m
Give and take, holdin' back for heaven's sake

   D                              Esus E
And fightin' for a week then makin' up

A       E/G# F#m
I said, "Please, Becky won't you marry me?"

Bm                       A/C#  D
Prom night in my car out by the curb

A      E/G#        F#m                     
She was so surprised, first she laughed and then she cried

    D              E                 A     E
And somewhere in my heart I'm sure I heard




A E/G# F#m     E   D               Esus     E
Ring around the rosy, pocket full of dreams and posies

A   E/G#   F#m      E    D                    Esus  E
Patty cake the baker's man, tag you're it and kick the can

A E/G#        F#m      E       D                Esus
Mama flashed the porch light for me, gotta go

E                 A    
Man I loved her so




Bridge - A - A/C#

D            A/C#              Bm
When love is wrong it dies, and that's the way it goes

              F#m                Bm   A/C#  D E
But when it's right, you know love grows




A  E/G# F#m           
Laura Jean born in Tennessee

         Bm            A/C#  D     
That's a common little miracle I know

       A     E/G#      F#m                   E
But for me and Becky Lynn, she's the dream that started when we

D            E               A   E
Fell in love so many years ago



       A E/G# F#m        E  D                Esus     E
Singin'   Ring around the rosy, pocket full of dreams and posies

A  E/G#     F#m      E   D                  Esus    E
Patty cake the baker's man, tag you're it and kick the can

     A    E/G#    F#m      E       D
And I think I hear your mama callin', gotta go

Esus    E                 A
Ohhhhh, Man I loved her so



Outro - A