Hey Ronnie (Veronika’s Song)
1. She was nineteen, I was twenty-five, when I saw
her for the first time,
I met her at the station, she was working overtime.
Just a
pretty tomboy pumpin’ gas. When I asked her name she smiled.
She said they call me Ronnie, so we sat and talked a while.
F G C Am
Oh, we laughed and joked, and spoke of dreams, again and
again!
F G C F
It was
more than love could have ever been, baby you were my friend!
C F G
Hey hey Ronnie! You were wild as the wind.
C F G
Me and Ronnie, we’d be together ‘til the end.
Am G C F - C – F – G
Two beautiful dreamers, but the dream it had to end.
2. Well, those summer nights they had to fade,
and the
winter came on strong,
but even
on the coldest nights, our love would keep us warm.
C F C
Well, we
had to scrape to pay the rent, workin’ too hard to hold on,
The nights with you were heaven sent, it was the days that
all was wrong.
F G C Am
Yeah, we were tough, just a little to proud, to pack it in,
to walk right out,
F
G C F
so let it
fade, let the movie end, forever friends!
C F G
Hey hey Ronnie, we were wild as the wind,
C F
G
me and Ronnie, swore that love was everything,
Am G C F
but somewhere we got lost, now I miss you my friend!
Dm Em - F
So when
you’re out there, in the cold, cold world.
G C
Ronnie, girl, think about me.
- F – G C – F –
G Am - G - Am - F -
C ~ ~
C
3. Well, ain’t it funny how the years go on, but true
love never dies,
Am Em F G
my dream
of being Elvis all but passed me by.
C F C
I wonder
if she’s pumping gas, oh, I bet she’s doin’ fine.
hey Ronnie, if you’re out there, I could use a friend
tonight!
C
F G
Hey Ronnie! We were wild as the wind,
me and Ronnie! Swore that love was everything!
C F G
Hey, hey Ronnie! We were wild as the wind.
C
F – G C F – G
Me and Ronnie! Hey hey Ronnie!
Do you think about me…
(capo 6th) (Aldo Nova)