Chords for Johnny Cash - Ballad Of A Teenage Queen (1958)
Tempo:
96.9 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
F
Eb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Dream on, dream on, teenage queen, prettiest girl we've [Bb] ever seen.
There's a [Eb] story in [Bb] our town of the prettiest girl around.
Golden hair and eyes of blue, [F] how those eyes could place you.
How those eyes could place you.
Boys hung around her [F] by the shore, but she loved the boy next door, who worked at the [Bb] candy store.
Dream on, dream on, teenage queen, prettiest girl we've ever seen.
She was tops in all they said, and never once went to her head.
She had everything it seemed, not a [F] careless teenage queen.
Not a careless [Bb] teenage queen.
Other boys could offer more, but she loved [F] the boy next door, who worked at the candy store.
Dream on, dream [Bb] on, teenage queen, you [F] should be a moving [Bb] queen.
He would marry her next spring, save his money for the ring.
Then [Eb] one day a movie [Bb] scout came to town to take her out.
Came to town to take her out.
Hollywood could offer [F] more, so she left the boy next door, working at the candy store.
Dream on, dream on, teenage queen, see you on the movie [Bb] screen.
Very soon she was [F] a star, pretty house and shiny [Bb] cars.
Swimming pool and a fence around, but she missed [F] her old hometown.
But she missed her old [Bb] hometown.
All the world was at her door, all except [F] the boy next door, who worked at the candy store.
Dream on, dream on, teenage queen, saddest girl we've ever [Bb] seen.
Then one day the teenage star sold her house and all her cars.
Gave up all [Eb] her wealth [Bb] and [F] fame, left it all and caught a train.
Left it all and caught a train.
[Bb] Do I have to tell [F] you more?
She came back to the boy next door, who worked at the candy store.
Now this [Bb] story has some more, you'll hear it all at the [Bb] candy store.
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There's a [Eb] story in [Bb] our town of the prettiest girl around.
Golden hair and eyes of blue, [F] how those eyes could place you.
How those eyes could place you.
Boys hung around her [F] by the shore, but she loved the boy next door, who worked at the [Bb] candy store.
Dream on, dream on, teenage queen, prettiest girl we've ever seen.
She was tops in all they said, and never once went to her head.
She had everything it seemed, not a [F] careless teenage queen.
Not a careless [Bb] teenage queen.
Other boys could offer more, but she loved [F] the boy next door, who worked at the candy store.
Dream on, dream [Bb] on, teenage queen, you [F] should be a moving [Bb] queen.
He would marry her next spring, save his money for the ring.
Then [Eb] one day a movie [Bb] scout came to town to take her out.
Came to town to take her out.
Hollywood could offer [F] more, so she left the boy next door, working at the candy store.
Dream on, dream on, teenage queen, see you on the movie [Bb] screen.
Very soon she was [F] a star, pretty house and shiny [Bb] cars.
Swimming pool and a fence around, but she missed [F] her old hometown.
But she missed her old [Bb] hometown.
All the world was at her door, all except [F] the boy next door, who worked at the candy store.
Dream on, dream on, teenage queen, saddest girl we've ever [Bb] seen.
Then one day the teenage star sold her house and all her cars.
Gave up all [Eb] her wealth [Bb] and [F] fame, left it all and caught a train.
Left it all and caught a train.
[Bb] Do I have to tell [F] you more?
She came back to the boy next door, who worked at the candy store.
Now this [Bb] story has some more, you'll hear it all at the [Bb] candy store.
[N]
Key:
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F
Eb
Bb
F
Eb
Bb
F
_ Dream on, dream on, teenage queen, prettiest girl we've [Bb] ever seen.
There's a [Eb] story in [Bb] our town of the prettiest girl around.
Golden hair and eyes of blue, [F] how those eyes could place you.
How those eyes could place you.
Boys hung around her [F] by the shore, but she loved the boy next door, who worked at the [Bb] candy store.
Dream on, dream on, teenage queen, prettiest girl we've ever seen.
She was tops in all they said, and never once went to her head.
She had everything it seemed, not a [F] careless teenage queen.
Not a careless [Bb] teenage queen.
Other boys could offer more, but she loved [F] the boy next door, who worked at the candy store.
Dream on, dream [Bb] on, teenage queen, you [F] should be a moving [Bb] queen.
He would marry her next spring, save his money for the ring.
Then [Eb] one day a movie [Bb] scout came to town to take her out.
Came to town to take her out.
Hollywood could offer [F] more, so she left the boy next door, working at the candy store.
Dream on, dream on, teenage queen, see you on the movie [Bb] screen.
Very soon she was [F] a star, pretty house and shiny [Bb] cars.
Swimming pool and a fence around, but she missed [F] her old hometown.
But she missed her old [Bb] hometown.
All the world was at her door, all except [F] the boy next door, who worked at the candy store.
Dream on, dream on, teenage queen, saddest girl we've ever [Bb] seen.
Then one day the teenage star sold her house and all her cars.
Gave up all [Eb] her wealth [Bb] and [F] fame, left it all and caught a train.
Left it all and caught a train.
[Bb] Do I have to tell [F] you more?
She came back to the boy next door, who worked at the candy store.
Now this [Bb] story has some more, you'll hear it all at the [Bb] candy store.
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _
There's a [Eb] story in [Bb] our town of the prettiest girl around.
Golden hair and eyes of blue, [F] how those eyes could place you.
How those eyes could place you.
Boys hung around her [F] by the shore, but she loved the boy next door, who worked at the [Bb] candy store.
Dream on, dream on, teenage queen, prettiest girl we've ever seen.
She was tops in all they said, and never once went to her head.
She had everything it seemed, not a [F] careless teenage queen.
Not a careless [Bb] teenage queen.
Other boys could offer more, but she loved [F] the boy next door, who worked at the candy store.
Dream on, dream [Bb] on, teenage queen, you [F] should be a moving [Bb] queen.
He would marry her next spring, save his money for the ring.
Then [Eb] one day a movie [Bb] scout came to town to take her out.
Came to town to take her out.
Hollywood could offer [F] more, so she left the boy next door, working at the candy store.
Dream on, dream on, teenage queen, see you on the movie [Bb] screen.
Very soon she was [F] a star, pretty house and shiny [Bb] cars.
Swimming pool and a fence around, but she missed [F] her old hometown.
But she missed her old [Bb] hometown.
All the world was at her door, all except [F] the boy next door, who worked at the candy store.
Dream on, dream on, teenage queen, saddest girl we've ever [Bb] seen.
Then one day the teenage star sold her house and all her cars.
Gave up all [Eb] her wealth [Bb] and [F] fame, left it all and caught a train.
Left it all and caught a train.
[Bb] Do I have to tell [F] you more?
She came back to the boy next door, who worked at the candy store.
Now this [Bb] story has some more, you'll hear it all at the [Bb] candy store.
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _