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Ballad Of A Teenage Queen Tab

by Johnny Cash


Ballad of a Teenage Queen - Johnny Cash

This whole song is done with a capo on the 3rd fret, with a fast 


                                                      
(Dream on, dream on teenage queen prettiest girl we've ever seen)
                       
There's a story in our town
                       
Of the prettiest girl around
                        
Golden hair and eyes of blue
                                                             
How those eyes could flash at you (How those eyes could flash at you)
                            
Boys hung 'round her by the score
                                                      
But she loved the boy next door who worked at the candy store

                                                           
(Dream on, dream on teenage queen prettiest girl we've ever seen)

                                          
She was tops in all they said
                         
It never once went to her head
                      
She had everything it seems
                                                       
Not a care, this teenage queen (Not a care, this teenage queen)
                      
Other boys could offer more
                                                      
But she loved the boy next door who worked at the candy store

                                                    
(Dream on, dream on teenage queen you should be a movie queen)

                         
He would marry her next spring
                           
Saved his money, bought a ring
                    
Then one day a movie scout
                                                    
Came to town to take her out (Came to town to take her out)
                
Hollywood could offer more
                                                 
So she left the boy next door working at the candy store

                                                      
(Dream on, dream on teenage queen see you on the movie screen)

                        
Very soon she was a star
                      
Pretty house and shiny car
                             
Swimming pool and a fence around
                                                                         
But she missed her old home town (But she missed her old home town)
                           
All the world was at her door
                                                        
All except the boy next door who worked at the candy store

                                                        
(Dream on, dream on teenage queen saddest girl we've ever seen)

                        
Then one day the teenage star
                         
Sold her house and all her cars
                          
Gave up all her wealth and fame
                                                         
Left it all and caught a train (Left it all and caught a train)
                            
Do I have to tell you more
                                                          
She came back to the boy next door who worked at the candy store

                                                           
(Now this story has some more, you'll hear it all at the candy store)



R.I.P. Johnny Cash