Intro: Bb 

#1. 
Bb                               Gm7     Bb 
When I was just a little boy, so high, a pretty  
                         F 
little girl came dancing by. 
    Eb                     Dm 
She said, hello to me, and smiled so tenderly.. 
    Eb       F         Bb 
and asked me what's my name. 

Chorus: 
Bb           Eb                  Bb 
And she wore petticoat white and summer sky blue. 
    F                       Bb 
The sweetest little thing I ever, ever knew. 
Eb                  Bb                   F 
Petticoat white and summer sky blue..the sweetest  
              Eb     Bb 
little thing, I ever knew. 

#2. 
Bb           Gm7        Bb    Gm7    Bb 
I never will forget the early years..the way we shared  
                     F 
the laughter and the tears. 
    Eb                 Bb        Dm7 
And our first precious kiss..oh, how I clung to this.. 
Eb       F      Bb 
when she moved away. 

Chorus: 
Bb           Eb                  Bb 
And she wore petticoat white and summer sky blue. 
    F                       Bb 
The sweetest little thing I ever, ever knew. 
Eb                  Bb                   F 
Petticoat white and summer sky blue..the sweetest  
              Eb     Bb.......B Abm 
little thing, I ever knew. 

#3. 
Abm7  B         Abm7  B               Abm7 
Some..day, I'll marry and I'll settle down..I'll see my  
Ebm        B              Gb 
girl there in her wedding gown. 
   E                      Ebm                  E 
It will recall to me, our childhood memory..as she walks  
Gb       B 
down the aisle. 

Chorus: 
B                  E                   B 
Cause she'll wear, petticoat white and summer sky blue. 
    Gb                      B 
The sweetest little thing I ever, ever knew. 
E                   B                    Gb 
Petticoat white and summer sky blue..the sweetest little  
      E Gb   B 
thing I ever knew. 

OUTRO: 
B              E                   B 
Cause she wore petticoat white and summer sky blue. 
    Gb                      B 
The sweetest little thing I ever, ever knew.. 


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