Verse 1
G Em C G
Back in 41 you met a brown eyed boy who called you pretty
G Em C G
He’d walk every day couple miles out of his way to hold your hand and keep you company
Em C G C G D
Your mama said don’t call it love at 14 but sitting on that front porch swing
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G
He gave you his picture in a locket that you wore around your neck
D/F# Em D/F# C G
Left it right beside your heart so you would not forget the way it felt when he held your hand
D/F# Em
And you swore that you would never take it off and the butterflies you felt said it all
C G D/F#
You were falling with a boy inside your locket
Verse 2
G Em C G
Back in 43 that brown eyed boy went overseas and had to leave town for a little while
G Em C G
He swore he’d marry you soon as the war was through you would be his wife
Em C G C D
Standing in the pouring rain you cried as you watched him ride away
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Em D G
But every day you had his picture in a locket that you wore around your neck
D/F# Em D/F# C G
Left it right beside your heart so you would not forget the way his kiss tasted on your lips
D/F# G D/F# Em
And every day felt like a lifetime with him gone and you pray that god would bring him safely home
C G
Cuz you made a promise to the boy inside your locket
Em C G D
Oh 60 years you 2 had together he’s been gone for a couple now
Em C
And it breaks my heart to see you struggle to remember
G D
I’ve been writing all your memories down
C G
And I stop by today to read a couple pages
Em G C G
Grandma you sure look pretty and you smile that smile
C G C D
The one I haven’t seen in quite a while and you said to me
Dsus D
I want you to keep
G
His picture in a locket that I wore around my neck
D/F# Em C
The one I left beside my heart so I would not forget the greatest love
G
And the greatest man I’ve ever known
D/F# G
But it’s getting time for me to head on home
D/F# Em
She said that brown eyed boy is waiting and I don’t wanna keep him long
C G
Heaven is calling and she said my heart is longing for the boy inside your locket
