INTRO: BAEB
#1.
BAE
It was a hot afternoon, the last day of June,
BF#mBF#m
and the sun was a demon.
AE
The clouds were afraid, one ten in the shade,
BF#mBF#m
and the pavement was steamin'.
#2.
AE
I told Billy Ray in his red Chevrolet,
BF#mBF#m
I needed time for some thinkin'.
AE
I was just walking by when I looked in her eye,
BF#mBF#m
and I swore it was winkin'.
CHORUS:
DBm
She was thirty-one, and I was seventeen,
C#mF#m
I knew nothing about love, she knew everything.
DBm
But I sat down beside her on that front porch swing,
C#7F#mB
and wondered what the coming night would bring.
#3.
AE
The sun closed her eyes as it climbed in the skies,
BF#mBF#m
and it started to swelter.
AE
The sweat trickled down the front of her gown,
BF#mBF#m
I thought it would melt her.
#4.
AE
She threw back her hair like I wasn't there,
BF#mBF#m
she sipped on a Julep.
AE
Her shoulders were bare, and I tried not to stare,
BF#mBF#m
when I looked at her two lips.
CHORUS:#2:
DBm
And when she looked at me, I heard her softly say,
C#mF#m
'I know you're young, you don't know what to do or say.
DBm
But stay with me until the sun has gone away,
C#7F#mBF#mBF#mB
and I will chase the boy in you away.
F#mD
And then she smiled, then we talked for a while,
C#mF#
and we walked for a mile to the sea.
F#mD
We sat on the sand, and the boy took her hand,
C#mF#
but he saw the sun rise as a man.
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#5.
AE
Ten years have gone by since I looked in her eyes,
BF#mBF#m
but the memory lingers.
AE
I go back in my mind to the very first time,
BF#mBF#m
feel the touch of her fingers.
OUTRO:
AE
It was a hot afternoon, the last day of June,
BF#mBF#m
and the sun was a demon...