Originally in Eb, I play in A, highest note that matters is the 5
Intro
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Vox on the 1 on “Katie’s”
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| Katie’s sitting on the | old front | porch |
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| Watching the chickens peck the | ground |
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| There ain’t a whole lot going | on to | night |
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| In this | one horse | town | → |
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| Over yonder, | coming up the | road |
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| In a beat-up Chevy | truck |
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| Her boyfriend Tommy, he’s | laying on the | horn |
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| Splashing through the | mud and the | muck | → |
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| Her daddy says, | he ain’t worth a | lick |
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| When it comes to brains, he got the | short end of the | stick |
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| But Katie’s young and man, she | just don’t | care |
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| She’d fo | llow Tommy | anywhere |
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| She’s in | love with the | boy |
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| She’s in | love with the | boy |
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| She’s in | love with the | boy |
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| And | even if they | have to run a | way |
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| She’s gonna | marry that | boy some | day |
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| → | x2 |
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| Katie and Tommy at the | drive-in m | ovie |
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| Parked in the very last | row |
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| They’re too busy holding | on to one a | nother |
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| To even | care about the | show | → |
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| Later on outside the | Tastee | Freez |
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| Tommy slips something on her | hand |
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| He says, my high school ring will | have to | do |
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| Till I can | buy a wedding | band | → |
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| Her daddy says, | he ain’t worth a | lick |
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| When it comes to brains, he got the | short end of the | stick |
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| But Katie’s young and man, she | just don’t | care |
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| She’d fo | llow Tommy | anywher | e |
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| She’s in | love with the | boy |
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| She’s in | love with the | boy |
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| She’s in | love with the | boy |
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| And | even if they | have to run a | way |
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| She’s gonna | marry that | boy some | day |
Solo
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| → | x2 |
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| Her daddy’s waiting up till | half past | twelve |
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| When they come sneaking up the | walk |
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| He says, young lady, get on | up to your | room |
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| While me and | junior have a | talk | → |
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| But mama breaks in, | says, don’t lose your | temper |
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| It wasn’t very long | ago |
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| When you yourself was just a | hay-seed | plow boy |
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| Who didn’t | have a row to | hoe | → |
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| My daddy said, you | wasn’t worth a | lick |
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| When it came to brains, you got the | short end of the | stick |
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| But he was wrong and honey, | you are | too |
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| Katie looks at | Tommy like | I still look at | you |
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| She’s in | love with the | boy |
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| She’s in | love with the | boy |
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| She’s in | love with the | boy |
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| What’s | meant to be will | always find a | way |
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| She’s in | love with the | boy |
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| She’s in | love with the | boy |
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| She’s in | love with the | boy |
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| What’s | meant to be will | always find a | way |
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| She’s gonna | marry that | boy some | day |