Almost Eighteen chords by Roy Orbison

Chords with lyrics

Almost Eighteen:Roy Orbison.
Recorded on RCA in 1959. Didn't chart.
Too bad, because it's a good song.
(Acoustic guitar.)

INTRO: A augmentedA

#1.
A augmentedA
Almost eighteen a lot of sugar and lace.
    D MajorD           A augmentedA
Almost eighteen with an angel face.
       E MajorE
She says I'm her kind of guy..
     D MajorD             E MajorE
and if I leave her she'll die..uh, huh.

#2.
A augmentedA
I'll flip upside down and all the way around.

I'm acting like a clown because I think I've found,
  D MajorD
the cream of the crop, I know I'll never stop..
      A augmentedA                   E MajorE
I'll go on lovin' my baby, she's a grown up lady, now.

CHORUS:
D MajorD
Full skirt, don't flirt, ballerina shoes..
BB            E MajorE
pin slips, two lips that never sing the blues.

#3.
    A augmentedA
Almost eighteen, a ribbon in her hair.
    D MajorD               A augmentedA
Almost eighteen, my baby's young and fair.
      E MajorE             D MajorD
Uh-uh, I'll never let her go..because, oh,
         E MajorE
I love her so, oh-oh.

#4.
      A augmentedA
She's gonna have her birthday then we'll run away.

We're gonna find a preacher, let him be the teacher.
   D MajorD
Gonna Honeymoon all through the month of June..
    A augmentedA                       E MajorE
darlin' we'll have time until we're ninety nine, yea, yea.

CHORUS:
D MajorD
Wedding bells gonna ring, we're gonna be together.
BB               E MajorE
I love her, she loves me, our love'll live forever.

#5.
    A augmentedA
Almost eighteen, she's a swingin' queen.
    D MajorD              A augmentedA
Almost eighteen, oh, what a lovely dream.
     E MajorE           D MajorD         E MajorE
Until the end of time my baby's mine, all mine, uh-huh.
    A augmentedA
Almost Eighteen..

OUTRO:
A augmentedA
Almost eighteen..almost eighteen..almost eighteen..(Fade.)