[Verse 1]
G C G
she was in the backyard say it was a little past nine
G C
when her prince pulled up
G
a white pickup truck
her folks should have seen it comin'
C G
it was only just a matter of time
C
plenty old enough
G
and you cant stop love
C G
she stuck a note on the screen door "sorry but i got to go"
C G
that was all she wrote her mama's heart was broke
C G
and that was all she wrote and so the story goes
[Bridge]
Em D
now her daddys in the kitchen starin' out the window
C G
scratchin and a rackin at his braids
[Chorus]
Em C
how could eighteen years just get up and walk away
Em D
our little ponytailed girl grown up to be a woman
C G
now shes gone in the blink of an eye
D G
she left the suds in the bucket and the clothes hangin out on a line
[Verse 2]
G C G
now dont you wonder what the preachers gonna preach about sunday morn
C G
nothin' quite like this has happened here before
C G
well he must have been a looker smooth talkin son of a gun
C G
for such a grounded girl just up and run
C G
course you cant fence time and you cant stop love
[Bridge]
G D
Now all the biddy's in the beaty shop gossip goin' nonstop
C G
sippin on pink lemonade
[Chorus]
Em D C
how could eighteen years just up and walk away
Em D
Our little pony-tailed girl growed up to be a woman
C G
Now she's gone in the blink of an eye
G
She left the suds in the bucket
D G
And the clothes hangin' out on the line
[Bridge]
Em D
She's got her pretty little bare feet hangin' out the window
C G
And they're headin' up to Vegas tonight
D
How could 18 years just get up and walk away
Em D
Our little pony-tailed girl grown up to be a woman
C G
Now she's gone in the blink of an eye
G
She left the suds in the bucket
D G
And the clothes hangin' out on the line
