Viki Lynn chords by Lauren Morrow

Key: D

♫ Intro:

D Em G D
D Em G D

♫ Verse 1:
D                                                Em
She was born in the spring in a hospital room in Anniston
                      G
Her parents named her Viki Lynn
                     D
But they didn't know why
    D                                                       Em
The doctors and the nurses told her mama that she might not make it
                            G
They said "You better start prayin'
                            D
For her to get through the night"

♫ Chorus:
    Em          G               D
"Oh God, please save her", Mama cried
      Em          G   A
"Save Viki Lynn" in 1955

♫ Verse 2:
D                                                  Em
Talkative and bright and not the shy type, she was growin'
                    G
And before you know it
                          D
Tellin' everybody what to do
     D                                         Em
Baby brother came and the family moved away to Birmingham
                G
That's when she really began
                          D
To show 'em her bad side, too

♫ Chorus:
    Em                     G               D
Her mama's worried but her daddy's full of pride
    Em          G   D
In Viki Lynn, in 1965

♫ Interlude:
D Em G D
D Em G D

♫ Verse 3:
D                                                  Em
Senior year, long hair behind her ears, she's glowin'
                    G
Though she didn't know it
                        D
The boys all loved her, too
D                                                                 Em
The Beatles and the Stones, "Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' roll!", she's a rebel
                     G
Her daddy said she'd go to hell
                         D
And he tried to burn her records, too

♫ Chorus:
             Em               G               D
But have you ever seen a more beautiful girl alive
    Em          G   A        A(hold)
Than Viki Lynn in 1975?

♫ Verse 4:
D                                                    Em
Broke and divorced with a child to care for, she's a baby
          G
Raisin' a baby
          D
At twenty two
       D                                                  Em
By the time she found peace with her boy on her knee, she had had it
                G
So she moved to Atlanta
                            D
To start over for a year or two

♫ Chorus:
          Em                      G            D
She met a man at a party and gave love another try
              Em      G  D
She became my mama in 1985

♫ Outro:
Em G D D
Woo ooh oohhh, ooh oohoohooh oohh
Woo ooh oohhh, ooh oohoohooh oohh

Em G D
Em G A D