Chords with lyrics
Key: E ♫ Intro: B E B E ♫ Verse 1: B E They finally tore down that old barn along the highway B E It's been falling down since my mom was seventeen C#m F# Where she and her high school sweetheart E Took their shirts off in the dark C#m F# She wanted more but he kissed her E And said he'd never go that far B E Not yet B E Not yet
♫ Verse 2: B E He enlisted in the Army on the day he turned eighteen B E And don't you know he made the finest soldier you ever seen C#m F# On the day he was shipping out E His mama held his hand C#m F# She said "I wish you didn't want to go E You don't have to be a man B E Not yet" B E Not yet ♫ Bridge: F# E B At night he dreams he'll be by her side F# E He holds her little wallet picture so tight
♫ Verse 3: B E It was hot day in July when the phone rang B E She don't remember now exactly what was said C#m F# All she heard was the voice inside her head E There'd be no wedding day C#m F# No picket fences, no wedding ring E No Mrs., no baby swing C#m F# No flowers all in bloom E No bride's bouquet, no soldier groom C#m F# The future fell before her eyes E "Oh no," she cried, "oh no, B E Not yet" B E Not yet B E Not yet B E Not yet ♫ Verse 4: B E We took a drive out past the farm along the highway B E Forty years come and gone and now that barn is too C#m F# Looking out the window E She smiled and she said C#m F# Honey, you should love with all your heart E Baby, you should make that bet C#m 'Cause no matter what F# E Someday a memory is all that you'll have left C#m F# Oh, but I still remember E The day we first met C#m F# E And I have this flame in my heart And it hasn't gone out yet B E Not yet B E Not yet B E Not yet B E ♫ Outro: B E They finally tore down that old barn along the highway B E It's been falling down since my mom was seventeen
