BALLAD OF A TEENAGE QUEEN

Johnny Cash

[C] Dream
                           on, Dream on, [F] teenage [C] queen,

[F] Prettiest
                           [C] girl we've [G7] ever [C] seen.

[C] There's a story [F] in our [C] town,

Of the prettiest [G7]
                           girl a-[C]- round

Golden hair and [F] eyes of [C] blue,

How those eyes could [G7]
                           flash at [C] you.

(How those eyes could [G7] flash at [C] you)

[F] Boys
                           hung around her [C] by the score,

 But she loved the [G7]
                           boy next [C] door

Who worked at the [G7] candy [C] store.

[C] Dream
                           on, Dream on, [F] teenage [C] queen

[F] Prettiest
                           [C] girl we've [G7] ever [C] seen.

[C] She was tops in [F] all they [C] said,

It never once went [G7]
                           to her [C] head

She had every-[F]-thing, it [C] seemed,

Not a care, this [G7]
                           teenage [C] queen

(Not a care, this [G7] teenage [C] queen)

[F] Other
                           boys could [C] offer more,

But she loved the [G7]
                           boy next [C] door

Who worked at the [G7] candy [C] store.

[C] Dream
                           on, Dream on, [F] teenage [C] queen

[F] You
                           should [C] be a [G7] movie [C] queen.

[C] He would marry [F] her next [C] spring,

Saved his money and [G7] bought a [C] ring

Then one day a [F] movie [C] scout

Came to town to [G7]
                           take her [C] out

(Came to town to [G7] take her [C] out)

[F] Hollywood
                           could [C] offer more,

So she left the [G7]
                           boy next [C] door

Workin' at the [G7] candy [C] store.

[C] Dream
                           on, dream on, [F] Teenage [C] Queen

[F] See
                           you [C] on the [G7] movie [C] screen.

[C] Very soon she [F] was a [C] star,

Pretty house and [G7]
                           shiny [C] cars

Swimming pool and a [F] fence a-[C]-round,

But she missed her [G7] old home-[C]-town

(But she missed her [G7] old home-[C]-town)

[F] All
                           the world was [C] at her door,

All except the [G7]
                           boy next [C] door

Who worked at the [G7] candy [C] store.

[C] Dream
                           on, dream on, [F] Teenage [C] Queen

[F] Saddest
                           [C] girl we've [G7] ever [C] seen.

[C] Then one day the [F] teenage [C] star

Sold her house and [G7]
                           all her [C] cars

Gave up all her [F] wealth and [C] fame

Left it all and [G7]
                           caught a [C] train

(Left it all and [G7] caught a [C] train)

[F] Do
                           I have to [C] tell you more,

She came back to the [G7]
                           boy next [C] door

Who worked at the [G7] candy [C] store.

[C] Now
                           this story [F] has some [C] more

[F] You'll
                           hear it [C] all at the [G7] candy [C] store.