Key: E
Introduction: E A B7 E E7
E
She was the pride of her high school
A
A homecoming queen
E B7
Prettiest girl that you've ever seen
E A
She fell in love in a truck on Saturday night
E B7 E
Now her clothes they don't fit quite right
E7 A7 E7
Well, it's a 12 gauge at twelve o'clock
A7 E7
A shotgun wedding just down the block
A7
At the JP's office
E C#7
And then to the honeymoon
F#7
Well just hop in the backseat
B7 E
To save money on the room
E
Well the boy didn't know
A
If she was doin' him right
E
How could that kid be his
B7
After just one lucky night
E E7
She was awfully pretty
A
And her daddy had a gun
E
Dad was gettin' drunk
B7 E
And dyin' ain't much fun
E7 A7 E7
Well, it's a 12 gauge at twelve o'clock
A7 E7
A shotgun wedding just down the block
A7
At the JP's office
E C#7
And then to the honeymoon
F#7
Well just hop in the backseat
B7 E
To save money on the room
E
Well, the boy had a thought,
A
And he put his best get-up on
E
They went down to Planned Parenthood and
B7
Got her daddy on the phone
E E7
They left cheek to cheek
A
And arm in arm
E
They were in luck it was just a
B7 A
False alarm
A7 E7
It&rsquo s no more a 12 gauge at twelve o'clock
A7 E7
Just a unloaded shotgun and a case of shattered Bud
A7 E C#7
Well there skip the wedding and go strait to the honeymoon
F#7
Then hop in the backseat
B7 E
To save money on the room