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Version 1 Version 2Almost Eighteen:Roy Orbison. Recorded on RCA in 1959. Didn't chart. Too bad, because it's a good song. (Acoustic guitar.) INTRO: A #1. A Almost eighteen a lot of sugar and lace. D A Almost eighteen with an angel face. E She says I'm her kind of guy.. D E and if I leave her she'll die..uh, huh. #2. A I'll flip upside down and all the way around. I'm acting like a clown because I think I've found, D the cream of the crop, I know I'll never stop.. A E I'll go on lovin' my baby, she's a grown up lady, now. CHORUS: D Full skirt, don't flirt, ballerina shoes.. B E pin slips, two lips that never sing the blues. #3. A Almost eighteen, a ribbon in her hair. D A Almost eighteen, my baby's young and fair. E D Uh-uh, I'll never let her go..because, oh, E I love her so, oh-oh. #4. A She's gonna have her birthday then we'll run away. We're gonna find a preacher, let him be the teacher. D Gonna Honeymoon all through the month of June.. A E darlin' we'll have time until we're ninety nine, yea, yea. CHORUS: D Wedding bells gonna ring, we're gonna be together. B E I love her, she loves me, our love'll live forever. #5. A Almost eighteen, she's a swingin' queen. D A Almost eighteen, oh, what a lovely dream. E D E Until the end of time my baby's mine, all mine, uh-huh. A Almost Eighteen.. OUTRO: A Almost eighteen..almost eighteen..almost eighteen..(Fade.) A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.