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David Allan Coe - Ballad Of A Tennage Queen
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Dream on, Dream on, Teenage Queen
E B F#m B
Prettiest girl we've ever seen.
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There's a story in our town
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Of the prettiest girl around
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Golden hair and eyes of blue
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How those eyes could flash at you
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How those eyes could flash at you
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Boys hung around her by the score
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But she loved the boy next door
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Who worked at the candy store.
B E B
Dream on, Dream on, Teenage Queen
E B F#m B
Prettiest girl we've ever seen.
B E B
She was tops in all they said
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It never once went to her head
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She had ev'rything, it seemed
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Not a care, this Teenage Queen
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Not a care, this Teenage Queen
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Other boys could offer more
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But she loved the boy next door
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Who worked at the candy store.
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Dream on, Dream on, Teenage Queen
E B F#m B
You should have been a movie queen.
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He would marry her next spring
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Saved his money and bought a ring
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Then one day a movie scout
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Came to town to take her out
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Came to town to take her out
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Hollywood could offer more
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So she left the boy next door
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Workin' at the candy store.
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Dream on, Dream on, Teenage Queen
E B F#m B
See you on the movie screen.
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Very soon she was a star
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Pretty house and shiny cars
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Swimming pool and a fence around
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But she missed her old hometown
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But she missed her old hometown
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All the world was at her door
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All except the boy next door
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Who worked at the candy store.
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Dream on, Dream on, Teenage Queen
E B F#m B
Saddest girl we've ever seen.
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Then one day the teenage star
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Sold her house and all her cars
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Gave up all her wealth and fame
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Left it all and caught a train
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Left it all and caught a train
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Do I have to tell you more
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She came back to the boy next door
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Who worked at the candy store.
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Now this story has some more
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You'll hear it all at the candy store.
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I haven't heard this version of the song, but the original is in the Key of C#, and the minor chord is major.(The F#m chord, in the original, it's G#). That might be the Coe version, but the way Cash did it, the 5 chord in the key was major, so it would be F#. -macg1 | 3/8/2005 |
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