Capo 1st fret.

[Intro]


[Verse 1]
             
She was in the

             
 backyard say 

              
it was a littl

       
e past nine,
              
When her princ

             
e pulled up, a

             
 white pickup 


truck.
             
Her folks shou

              
ld've seen it 

              
coming it was 

             
only just a ma

        
tter of time.

[Refrain]
             
Plenty old e-n

             
ough, and you 

           
can't stop lov

e.

[Verse 2]
             
She stuck a no

              
te on the scre

             
en door, sorry

              
 but I got to 


go,
              
And that was a

             
ll she wrote, 

             
her momma's he

        
art was broke,

[Refrain]
              
And that was a

             
ll she wrote, 

            
so the story g

oes...

[Chorus]
         
Now her daddy'

s in the kitch

en,
             
Starin' out th

             
e window, scra

              
tchin' and rac

         
kin' his brain

s:
           
"How could eig

              
hteen years ju

             
st up and walk

   
 a-way?"
           
Our little pon

              
y-tailed girl,

        
 growed up to 

be a woman,
             
Now she's gone

              
 in the blink 

      
of an eye.
             
She left the s

uds in the buc

ket,
             
And the clothe

              
s hangin out o

       -  - 
n the line,

[Verse 3]
             
Now don't you 

              
wonder what th

              
e preacher's g

             
onna preach ab

           
out Sunday mor

n?,
              
Nothin' quite 

            
like this, has

              
 happened here

    
 be-fore.
              
Well he must'v

              
e been a looke

             
r, a smooth-ta

              
lkin' son-of-a

 
-gun,
              
For such a gro

            
unded girl, to

             
 just up and r

un.

[Refrain]
              
'Course you ca

             
n't fence time

             
, and you can'

       
t stop love.

[Chorus]
            
Now all the bi


tties in the b

eauty shop,
             
Gossip going n

             
on-stop, sippi

              
n' on pink lem

   
on-ade:
           
"How could eig

              
hteen years ju

             
st up and walk

   
 a-way?"
           
Our little pon

              
y-tailed girl,

        
 growed up to 

be a woman,
             
Now she's gone

              
 in the blink 

      
of an eye.
             
She left the s

uds in the buc

ket,
             
And the clothe

              
s hangin' out 

       
on the line, y

e-hoo!

[Interlude]
   
   
   
   
   

[Chorus]
              
She's got her 


pretty little 

bare feet,
             
Hangin' out th

              
e window and t

             
heir headed up

             
 to Vegas to-n

ight:
           
"How could eig

              
hteen years ju

             
st up and walk

   
 a-way?"
           
Our little pon

              
y-tailed girl,

        
 growed up to 

be a woman,
             
Now she's gone

              
 in the blink 

        
of an eye.
             
She left the s

uds in the buc

ket,
             
And the clothe

              
s hangin' out 

       
on the line.

[Refrain]
             
She left the s

uds in the buc

ket,
             
And the clothe

              
s hangin' out 

       
on the line,

[Outro]
             
She was in the

             
 backyard say 

              
it was a littl

       
e past nine,
              
When her princ

             
e pulled up, a

             
 white pickup 


truck,
             
Plenty old e-n

             
ough, and you 

           
can't stop lov

e,
              
No you can't f

            
ence time, and

              
 you can't sto

  
p looooove!