Key: C
Introduction:
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Katie's sitting on the old front porch
C F G
Watching the chickens peck the ground
C F G
There ain't a whole lot going on tonight
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In this one horse town.
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Over yonder, coming up the road
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In a beat-up Chevy truck
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Her boyfriend Tommy, he's laying on the horn
Am G F G
Splashing through the mud and the muck
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Her daddy says, "he ain't worth a lick
C F G
When it came to brains, he got the short end of the stick"
C F G
But Katie's young and man she just don't care
Am G F G
She'd follow Tommy anywhere
C F G
She's in love with the boy
C F G
She's in love with the boy
C F G
She's in love with the boy
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And even if they have to run away
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She's gonna marry that boy someday
Katie and Tommy at the drive-in movie
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What's meant to be will always find a way
F G C F G
She's gonna marry that boy someday.
C F G
She's in love with the boy....