View Guitar Chords for The locket - chords ver. 2
The Locket by Lauren Alaina (Mallary Hope) Album: Wildflower Track 8 2011 Standard Tuning No Capo Chords: G: 320003 or 320033 Em: x22000 C: x32010 Am: x02210 D: xx0232 Intro: GG Back in '41Em, you met a brown-eyed boy C Who called you prettGy G He'd walk everydayEm, couple miles out of his way to hCold your hand And keep you companGyYour Emmama said don't cCall it love at 1G4 But sAmittin' on that frCont porch swDingHe gave you his pGicture in a locket that you wore around your neck Left it rEmight beside your heart so you would not forget The wCay it felt when he held your hGand And you swGore that you would never take it off And the Embutterflies you felt said it all YCou were falling with the boy inside yourG locketG Back in '43, the bEmrown-eyed boy went overseas And hCad to leave town for a little whGile G He swore he'd marry youEm as soon as the war was through YCou would be his wGifeStEmanding in the pCouring raGin You crAmied as you wCatched him ride awDay But everydCayYou had his pGicture in a locket that you wore around your neck Left it rEmight beside your heart so you would not forget The wCay his kiss tasted on your lGips And everydGay felt like a lifetime with him gone And you prEmayed that God would bring him safely home 'Cause you mCade a promise to the boy inside your lGocketOh, Em60 years yCou two had togetherG and he's been gone for a couple nDow And it brEmeaks my heart to see you strCuggle to remember G And I've been writing all your mDemories down And I stCopped by today to rGead a couple pages Em Grandma, you sure look prGetty And you smCile that smGile, the Amone I haven't seen in quite a whiCle And you sDaid to me, I want you to keepHis pGicture in a locket that I wore around my neck The one I lEmeft beside my heart so I would not forget The grCeatest love and the greatest man I've ever knGown But it's gGettin' time for me to head on home She said, that brEmown-eyed boy is waiting and I don't want to keep him long HCeaven is calling, and she said, my heart is longiGng For the boy inside your lGocket C GEnd on G