Chords for Dickey Lee - Big Brother

_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ She was seven [C] and I was [F] just ten
[A#] When she moved next door [F] to the house we lived in
[A#] She followed me around [F] and got in my hair
[C] Wherever _ I looked she'd [F] be there _
_ An awkward little girl [C] with big [F] brown eyes
[A#] She'd ask me over [F] for tea and mud pies
[A#] A freckled faced angel [F] always in my way
But [C] I couldn't refuse when [F] she'd say _
[G] _ _ [A#] _ Big _ brother [F] take me with you
[C] Wherever _ you're going [F] I wanna go too
_ [A#] _ You're so silly [F] the things that you do
[C] But big brother how [F] I love you _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ As she grew older [C#] I'd take [F#] her around
[B] We'd go to the fair [F#] when it came to town
[B] The sideshows and candy [F#] would keep us all day
[C#] And when we were late [F#] she would say
_ _ _ [C#] Mother there's no [F#] need to worry and fuss
_ [C#] My big brother [F#] can take care of us
_ [B] _ He's like [F#] one of our own family
_ [C#] Big brother takes [F#] care of me
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ So the years flew by [D] then one night in [G] the spring
_ [C] _ All of a sudden [G] she was eighteen
[C] No longer the little [G] girl I'd known all my life
[D] And I wanted to make her [G] my wife _
But a few days later [D] her heart [G] all aglow
[C] In order that I'd [G] be the first one to know
[C] She brought him over [G] and in her sweet way
[D] She told me of their [G] wedding _ day
_ _ [C] Big _ brother _ [G] _ I've been so wrong
But [D] now big brother [G] will have to be [A] strong
[C] So I'll turn and hide [G] these tears in my eyes
[D] I can't let her see
[Am] _ _ [E] _
Big _ [A] brother _ _ [G] cry
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _