Lirik dan Chord Lagu Almost Eighteen - Roy Orbison

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Pada 1964 musisi asal Amerika, Roy Orbison merilis sebuah lagu yang berjudul "Almost Eighteen".

Lagu tersebut menjadi trek keenam dari 10 lagu dalam albumnya yang bertajuk Special Delivery from Bobby Bare... Joey Powers... Roy Orbison. 

Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu All I Can Do Is (Dream You) - Roy Orbison

Berikut lirik dan chord lagu "Almost Eighteen" dari Roy Orbison.

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.)