Verse 1:
D
She said I was seven
and you were nine
A
I looked at you like
the stars that shined
G
In the sky the pretty lights
D
And our daddies used to
joke about the two of us
A/C#
Growing up and falling in
G
love and our mamas smiled
And rolled their eyes
Em A
and said oh my my my
Chorus 1:
D
Take me back to the house
in the backyard tree
A/C#
Said you’d beat me up
you were bigger than me
G
You never did you never did
D
Take me back when our
world was one block wide
A/C#
I dared you to kiss me
and ran when you tried
G
Just two kids you and I
D G D G
Oh my my my my
Verse 2:
D
I was sixteen when suddenly
A/C#
I wasn’t that little
girl you used to see
G
But your eyes still shined
like pretty lights
D
And our daddies used to
joke about the two of us
A/C#
They never believed we’d
really fall in love
G
And our mamas smiled
and rolled their eyes
Em A
And said oh my my my
Chorus 2:
D
Take me back to the
creek beds we turned up
A/C#
2 А.M. riding in your truck
G
and all I need is you next to me
D
Take me back to the time we
had our very first fight
A/C#
The slamming of doors
instead of kissing goodnight
G
You stayed outside
Em
until the morning light
D G D G
Oh my my my my
Verse 3:
D
A few years had gone
and come around
A/C#
We were sitting at our
favorite spot in town
G
And you looked at me
got down on one knee
Chorus 3:
D
Take me back to the time
when we walked down the aisle
A/C#
Our whole town came
and our mamas cried
G
You said I Do and I did too
D
Take me home where we met
so many years before
A/C#
We’ll rock our babies on
that very front porch
G
After all this time you and I
Outro:
D
I’ll be eightyseven
you’ll be eighty-nine
A/C#
I’ll still look at you
like the stars that shine
G Em D (hold)
In the sky oh my my my
