Тональность: C major•
Verse 1
C
I knew a girl who was almost a lady
F
C
She had a way with all the men in her life
G
Every inch of her blossomed in beauty
F
And she was born on the fourth of July
C
F
Verse 2
an aluminum house trailer
F
G
And she worked in a juke box saloon
C
G
And she spent all
the money that I give her
F
C
Just to see the old man in the moon
Verse 3
C
I used to sleep at the foot of old glory
F
C
And awake in the dawn's early light
F
But much to my surprise when
G
I was a victim of the great compromise
C
F
C
F
Verse 4
F
C
on Saturday evenings
F
C
To the drive-in on on Route 41
G
And it was there that I first
suspected
F
That she was doin' what she'd
already done
C
F
Verse 5
C
She said, "Johnny won't
you get me some popcorn"
F
And she knew I had to walk pretty far
C
G
And as soon as I passed
through the moonlight
F
C
G
C
She hopped into a foreign sports car
Verse 6
C
I used to sleep at the foot of old glory
F
C
And awake in the dawn's early light
F
But much to my surprise when
G
I was a victim of the great compromise
C
F
C
F
C
Verse 7
Well you know
I could have beat up that fellow
F
But it was her that had hopped
G
Many times I'd fought to protect her
F
G
But this time she was goin'
F
too far
C
F
Verse 8
C
Now some folks they call
me a coward
F
'Cause I left her at the
C
drive-in that that night
G
But I'd rather have names
thrown at me
F
C
Than to fight for a thing that ain't right
Verse 9
C
I used to sleep at the foot of old glory
F
G
C
And awake in the dawn's early light
F
But much to my surprise
C
when I opened my eyes
G
I was a victim of the great compromise
C
F
C
F
C
Verse 10
Now she writes all
the fellows love letters
C
come and see me real soon"
G
And they go and line up in the barroom
F
And spend the night in that sick
Verse 11
C
But sometimes I get awful lonesome
F
C
And I wish she was my girl instead
G
But she won't let me live with her
F
C
And she makes me live in my head
Verse 12
C
I used to sleep at the foot of old glory
F
C
And awake in the dawn's early light
F
But much to my surprise
C
when I opened my eyes
G
I was a victim of the great compromise
C
F
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