Verse:
The first [G]time I had my heart [G/D]broke I was still [G]young and in my prime
Little Jenny with the pigtails darlin’, will you [F]be my valen[C]tine
She said [G]not if you were the [G/D]very last boy, in all of the second grade
I [G]tucked my tail, ran [G/D]all the way home, little [F]tears streaming down my [C]face

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Chorus:
[Am]Mama never [C]told me little girls could be [G]so cruel
[Am]Someone needs to set them [C]all down, give them a stern [G]talking to
My first [Am]lesson in love, it [C]ain’t always re[G riff]turned to you
I [C]bet you had a [D]Jenny with the pigtails too

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A [G]few summers later we got to [D/G]know each other better hanging [G]out at the local pool[D/G]
I [G]was always trying just a [D/G]little too hard, but [F]Jenny she knew how to play it cool
 [G]Not being one for [G/D]learning my lessons, I [G]made my move again
Then [G]Jenny said the meanest thing they teach little girls, “[F]why can’t we be [C]friends?”

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Chorus:
[Am]Mama never [C]told me little girls could be [G]so cruel
[Am]Someone needs to set them [C]all down, give them a stern [G]talking to
My first [Am]lesson in love, it [C]ain’t always re[G riff]turned to you
I [C]bet you had a [D]Jenny with the pigtails too

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[D]Not long after Jenny’s [C]family well they just [G] up and moved
[D]But I found a [C]way to chase off all my [G]lonely blues
[D]There was Scarlett with the freckles 
[C]Lily with them legs
[Em]Violet with her eyes so [C]blue
[D]Amy might of had herself a whole mouthful of braces
[Em7]But I’m pretty sure I [D]kissed her too[C]
I mean, wouldn’t you?

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Chorus:
[Am]Mama never [C]told me little girls could be [G]so cruel
[Am]Someone needs to set them [C]all down, give them a stern [G]talking to
My first [Am]lesson in love, it [C]ain’t always re[G riff]turned to you
I [C]bet you had a [D]Jenny with the pigtails too