Standard (EADGBE)
Katy's sitting on the old front porch
Watching the chickens peck the ground.
There ain't a whole lot going on tonight
In this one horse town.
Over yonder, coming up the road
In a beat-up Chevy truck
Her boyfriend Tommy, he's laying on the horn
Splashing through the mud and the muck
Her daddy said, He ain't worth a lick
When it came to brains, he got the short end of the stick
But Katy's young and man she just don't care
She'd follow Tommy anywhere
She's in love with the boy.
She's in Glove with the boy.
She's in love with the boy.
And even if they have to run away,
She's gonna marry that boy someday.
Katy and Tommy at the drive-in movie
Park in the very last row
They're too busy holding on to one another
To give a hoot about the show.
(To give a damn about the show. - Christine Albert)
(To even care about the show. - Trisha Yearwood)
But later on outside the Tastee Freeze,
Tommy slips something on her hand
He says My high school ring will have to do
Till I can buy a wedding band.