Songs For My Own Enjoyment: Ballad Of A Teenage Queen



Ballad Of A Teenage Queen
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Category: Calm
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G                   C       G       
Dream on, dream on, teenage queen,  
C         G          D    G      
prettiest girl we've ever seen.  
   
G               C      G                     D      G       
There's a story in our town of the prettiest girl a-round.  
                C       G                          D        G     
Golden hair and eyes of blue, how those eyes could flash at you.  
                     D        G     
How those eyes could flash at you.  
   
C                    G              
Boys hung around her by the score,  
                  D        G                       D     G       
but she loved the boy next door, who worked at the candy store.  
G                   C       G       
Dream on, dream on, teenage queen,  
C         G          D    G      
prettiest girl we've ever seen.  
   
G               C        G                        D      G      
She was tops in all they said, it never once went to her head.  
             C         G                        D       G       
She had ev'rything, it seemed, not a care, this teenage queen.  
                 D       G       
Not a care, this teenage queen.  
   
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Other boys could offer more,  
                  D        G                       D     G       
but she loved the boy next door, who worked at the candy store.  
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Dream on, dream on, teenage queen,  
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you should be a movie queen.  
   
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He would marry her next spring, saved his money and bought a ring.  
               C     G                     D        G     
Then one day a movie scout came to town to take her out.  
                D        G     
Came to town to take her out.  
   
C               G            
Hollywood could offer more,  
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so she left the boy next door, workin' at the candy store.  
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Dream on, dream on, teenage queen,  
C       G      D     G        
see you on the movie screen.  
   
G             C     G                      D     G      
Very soon she was a star, pretty house and shiny cars.  
                    C       G      
Swimming pool and a fence a-ound,  
                   D        G      
but she missed her old home-town.  
                   D        G      
But she missed her old home-town.  
   
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All the world was at her door,  
               D        G                       D     G       
all except the boy next door, who worked at the candy store.  
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Dream on, dream on, teenage queen,  
C       G          D    G      
saddest girl we've ever seen.  
   
G                C       G                       D       G      
Then one day the teenage star sold her house and all her cars.  
                C          G                     D        G       
Gave up all her wealth and fame, left it all and caught a train.  
                D        G       
Left it all and caught a train.  
   
C            G               
Do I have to tell you more?  
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She came back to the boy next door, who worked at the candy store.  
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Now this story has some more, you'll hear it all at the candy store.  
   

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