G C G she was in the backyard say it was a little past nine G C when her prince pulled up G a white pickup truck her folks should have seen it comin' C G it was only just a matter of time C plenty old enough G and you cant stop love C G she stuck a note on the screen door "sorry but i got to go" C G that was all she wrote her mama's heart was broke C G and that was all she wrote and so the story goes Em D now her daddys in the kitchen starin' out the window C G scratchin and a rackin at his braids Em C how could eighteen years just get up and walk away Em D our little ponytailed girl grown up to be a woman C G now shes gone in the blink of an eye D G she left the suds in the bucket and the clothes hangin out on a line G C G now dont you wonder what the preachers gonna preach about sunday morn C G nothin' quite like this has happened here before C G well he must have been a looker smooth talkin son of a gun C G for such a grounded girl just up and run C G course you cant fence time and you cant stop love G D Now all the biddy's in the beaty shop gossip goin' nonstop C G sippin on pink lemonade Em D C how could eighteen years just up and walk away Em D Our little pony-tailed girl growed up to be a woman C G Now she's gone in the blink of an eye G She left the suds in the bucket D G And the clothes hangin' out on the line Em D She's got her pretty little bare feet hangin' out the window C G And they're headin' up to Vegas tonight D How could 18 years just get up and walk away Em D Our little pony-tailed girl grown up to be a woman C G Now she's gone in the blink of an eye G She left the suds in the bucket D G And the clothes hangin' out on the line