Waiting On June (acoustic)

	  		 
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She was from North Louisiana in the town of Mer Rouge 
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I fell in love in a week or two it didn?t take long to love a girl like that 
               
We were barely ten in the cotton fields playing horseshoe with the colored kids 
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I tried to kiss her she grabbed a baseball bat 


             Cadd9                                                            
Waiting on June, I hope she comes to see me 
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Waiting on June, I can't take this feeling 
             Cadd9                                          Em  
Waiting on June, I pray to God she?ll love me one of these days 
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I hope I find my way waiting on June 


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I went off in 42? to fight those boys and pay my dues 
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Her wallet picture kept my spirits high 
               
Charley Boy died in my arms, he saw Jesus I saw blood 
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It soaked her wallet picture that cold night 


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I told my best friend Charley I would kiss his girl goodbye 
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He made me promise I?d go home and make Miss June my wife 
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Shaking like a drunk old fool I hopped off of that plane 
       Em          D            Cadd9                            
And I ran home to ask her in the rain 


          Cadd9 
Waiting on June, I hope that she says yes 
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Waiting on June, in her faded summer dress 
            Cadd9 
Waiting on June, her daddy shook my hand 
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And she lit up the moment I pulled out that silver band 
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Waiting on June 

         
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Well we married at the methodist church 
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Found a big white cow and a piece of dirt with pecan trees to build our homestead on 
                                      
Jolynn Becky then Donna then Shelby, our tiny house was a sanctuary 
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Laughter filled those rooms all day long 


           Cadd9    
Waiting on June, she?s putting on her makeup 
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Waiting on June, she?s trying to get her hair curled 
            Cadd9 
Waiting on June, kids listen to me 
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You walk on down to Sunday school I?ll be there in 15 
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Waiting on June 


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The time flew by like they said it would 
            
The kids grew fast and the farm did good 
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Mrs. Bertha made our supper everyday 
    
At noon that silver bell would ring 
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We?d all say grace and dig on in we always ate together in those days 

      
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Oh one by one those kids went off and found a love their own 
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There?s nothing like the joy I knew when they brought their babies home 
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We?d play all day in the cotton fields with the dogs I raised up right 
    Em                  D            Cadd9 
And end in grandma?s kitchen every night 


           Cadd 
Waiting on June, honey don't burn the bacon 
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Waiting on June, our bellies are a? achin 
            Cadd9 
Waiting on June, she turns that fork so slow 
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And we all had to sit there til the last bite was no more 
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Waiting on June 


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We were slower than we used to be the nursing home told June and me 
               Cadd9                   G 
That we?d have separate rooms side by side 
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Oh what I?d give for one more night of sleeping with my wife 
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Since 45? I've touched her skin in the middle of the night 
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I'm lying in this single bed until they cut the lights 
      Em                  D             Cadd9 
That?s when she?ll sneak in and I?ll be fine 


             Cadd9 
Waiting on June so we can kiss goodnight 
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Waiting on June I?ll hold her hand so tight 
            Cadd9 
Waiting on June I?ll love her til? I die 
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It's bittersweet when love grows old and you really miss your wife 
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Waiting on June 


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Well they buried me last Tuesday morn 

The good lord came and he took me home 
    Cadd9                           G 
I closed my eyes and quickly went away 
         Em            D          Cadd9 
But the angels let me see her everyday 
            Cadd9  
Waiting on June, our mansion is so grand 
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Waiting on June, footprints in the sand 
            Cadd9 
Waiting on June, that?s the story of my life 
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Me and Jesus are standing here til? she walks through that light 
            Cadd9 
Waiting on June