Intro
F# G#m F# B C# F# B F# F# G#m F# B C# F# B F#
[Verse]
G#m C# F# B F#
The attic's filled with records unheard of for many years
G#m C# F#
When the radio plays old songs she has no time for tears
D#m C# D#m B
She skipped the class reunion for the homecoming queen
F# C# B F#
And she knows you can't go back, friends, to sweet little sixteen.
[Chorus]
B C#7 D#m
And the Queen of 1959 is happy trying to be
B C#7 D#m B
D# dedicated lady, she's got love for her family
D#m B
And she sure looks good to me
C#
She's my everything, she treats me like a king
F#
She's a lady.
[Instrumental]
B C#7 F# B C#7 F#
[Verse]
G#m C# F# B F#
My favorite cheer leader finds her hair streaked with grey.
G#m C# F#
Instead of drive-in movies she'd rather see a play.
D#m C# B
I know that her initials are carved in a desk somewhere
F# C# B F#
And like rock and roll heroes, ponytails have been combed from her hair.
[Chorus]
B C#7 D#m
And the Queen of 1959 is happy trying to be
B C#7 D#m B
D# dedicated mother and a wife and a friend to me
D#m B
And she sure looks good to me
C#
She's my everything, she treats me like a king
F#
She's a lady.
[Instrumental]
B C#7 F# B C#7 F#
[Outro]
G#m C# D#sus4 D#m B C# C#7 F# B F#
The attic's filled with records unheard of for many years