G                 D/F#
He was just a kid barely seventeen
 Em                        C
she was the best-lookin’ thing you’d ever seen
 G                          D/F#
Got his old car runnin’ he picked her up one night
 Em
Went flying down the highway
      C
With half a tank and one headlight

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[Verse]
 G                      D/F#
Told her she was pretty told her that he cared
 Em                             C
Told her all the things that a young girl wants to hear
 G                  D/F#
She gave him a kiss gave her his high school ring
 Em                        C
They professed their love in front of the Dairy Queen

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[Verse]
    G           D/F#
Graduation came life has to move along
 Em                               C
Daddy sent her off to college and he volunteered for ‘Nam
 G               D/F#
She wed a doctor and moved to Austin
 Em                  C
He came home a hero in a medal in a coffin

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[Verse]
 G                         D/F#
She talks to God sometimes pray his soul be save
 Em                        C
Calls his mom at Christmas sends flowers to his grave
 G                   D/F#
She keeps his memory close to her heart
 Em               C
She hides his ring in an old money jar

[Break]
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[Verse]
 G                 D/F#
She has no regrets loves her old man and kids
 Em                        C
But there’s a part of her that still belongs to him
 G                         D/F#
And sometimes she gets sad and she daydreams
 Em                  C
She hops in her car and goes to Dairy Queen