Ballad of a Teenage Queen - Johnny Cash Verse 1: [G] (Dream on, dream on [C] teenage [G] queen [C] prettiest [G] girl we've [D] ever [G] seen) [G] There's a story [C] in our [G] town [G] Of the prettiest [D] girl ar[G]ound [G] Golden hair and [C] eyes of [G] blue [G] How those eyes could [D] flash at [G] you ([G] How those eyes could [D] flash at [G] you) [C] Boys hung 'round her [G] by the score [G] But she loved the [D7] boy next [G] door who worked at the [D] candy [G] store |Chorus 1: |[G] (Dream on, dream on [C] teenage [G] queen [C] prettiest [G] girl we've [D] ever [G] seen) Verse 2: [G] She was tops in [C] all they [G] said [G] It never once went [D] to her [G] head [G] She had every[C]thing it [G] seems [G] Not a care, this [D] teenage [G] queen ([G] Not a care, this [D] teenage queen [G]) [C] Other boys could [G] offer more [G] But she loved the [D7] boy next [G] door who worked at the [D] candy [G] store |Chorus 2: |[G] (Dream on, dream on [C] teenage [G] queen [C] you should [G] be a [D] movie [G] queen) Verse 3: [G] He would marry [C] her next [G] spring [G] Saved his money, [D] bought a [G] ring [G] Then one day a [C] movie [G] scout [G] Came to town to [D] take her [G] out ([G] came to town to [D] take her [G] out) [C] Hollywood could [G] offer more [G] So she left the [D7] boy next [G] door working at the [D] candy [G] store |Chorus 3: |[G] (Dream on, dream on [C] teenage [G] queen [C] see you [G] on the [D] movie [G] screen) Verse 4: [G] Very soon she [C] was a [G] Star [G] Pretty house and [D] shiny [G] car [G] Swimming pool and a [C] fence [G] around [G] But she missed her [D]old home [G] town ([G] But she missed her [D] old home [G] town) [C] All the world was [G] at her door [G] All except the [D7] boy next [G] door who worked at the [D] candy [G] store |Chorus 4: |[G] (Dream on, dream on [C] teenage [G] queen [C] saddest [G] girl we've [D] ever [G] seen) Verse 5: [G] Then one day the [C] teenage [G] star [G] Sold her house and [D] all her [G] cars [G] Gave up all her [C] wealth and [G] fame [G] Left it all and [D] caught a [G] train ([G] Left it all and [D] caught a [G] train) [C] Do I have to [G] tell you more [G] She came back to the [D7] boy next [G] door who worked at the [D] candy [G] store Outro: [G] (Now this story [C] has some [G] more, you'll [C] hear it [G] all at the [D] candy [G] store)