The Locket by Lauren Alaina
Album: Wildflower
Track 8
2011
Standard Tuning
Capo on the 5th fret
Chords:
D: xx0232
Bm: x24432
G: 320033 or 320003
A: x02220
Intro: D G x2
D Bm
Back in '41 you met a brown eyed boy
G D
Who called you pretty
Bm G
He'd walk everyday a couple miles out of his way to hold your hand
D
And keep you company
Bm G D
Your mama said don't call it love at 14
G A
But sitting on that front porch swing
D
He gave you his picture in a locket that you wore around your neck
Bm
Left it right beside your heart so you would not forget
G D
The way it felt when he held your hand
And you swore that you would never take it off
Bm
And the butterflies you felt said it all
G D
You were falling with the boy inside your locket
D Bm
Back in '43 your brown eyed boy went over seas
G D
And had to leave town for a little while
Bm
He swore he'd marry you as soon as the war was through
G D
You would be his wife
Bm G D
Standing in the pouring rain
G A
You cried as you watched him ride away
Bm A
But everyday
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D
You had his picture in a locket that you wore around your neck
Bm
Left it right beside your heart so you would not forget
G D
The way his kiss tasted on your lips
And everyday felt like a lifetime with him gone
Bm
And you prayed that God would bring him safely home
G D
'Cause you made a promise to the boy inside your locket
Bm G D A
Oh, 60 years you two had together and he's been gone for a couple now
Bm G
And it breaks my heart to see you struggle to remember
D A
And I've been writing all your memories down
G D
And I stopped by today to read a couple pages
Bm D
Grandma, you sure look pretty
G D G D G
And you smile that smile, the one I haven't seen in quite a while
A
And you said to me, I want you to keep
D
His picture in a locket that I wore around my neck
Bm
The one I left beside my heart so I would not forget
G D
The greatest love and the greatest man I've ever known
But it's getting time for me to head on home
Bm
She said, that brown eyed boy is waiting and I don't wanna keep him long
G
Heaven is calling, and she said, my heart is longing
D G D G
For the boy inside your locket
End on D
