Slaid Cleaves

Slaid Cleaves - Lydia guitar chord

LYDIA

By Slaid Cleaves

Recorded in Eb

Capo 1st Fret

CHORD : Fm7 (242222)

INTRO: D - G - Bm - A - D

VERSE ONE

D G Bm A

Lydi lit a cigarette today

D G Bm A

ancient fumblin’ fingers in her way.

G Bm A G

From a forty year old coffee cup...she sipped a bit of gin,

Bm A G

..closed her eyes and let the memories in.

VERSE TWO

D G Bm A

She lives in the old place all alone.

D G Bm A

Keeps in touch with neighbors by the phone.

G Bm A G

Grows roses on the graves of her first born and his father,

Bm A G

...and the coal trucks never bothered her

BRIDGE

D Bm F#m7 G

Oh,..Lydi let him go...the boy is gone.

Bm A G

...Her mother struggled as she tore him from her arms

D Bm F#m7 G

Oh,..Lydia your tears are heavens rain

Bm A G

...But she never was the same.

VERSE TWO

D G Bm A

...The cotton dress...the satin shoes.

D G Bm A

...Indian summer’s sun....dressed in amber hues.

G Bm A G

...Spending time with a coal miners son.

Bm A G

...To an old-time fiddle tune.

VERSE THREE

D G Bm A

...Months blew by like a breeze...that year.

D G Bm A

...They wed in June...and by the fall a boy was here.

G Bm A G

Word came down from Bigstone...there’s a fire in the mine.

Bm A G

...and eleven men they couldn’t find.

BRIDGE

D Bm F#m7 G

Oh,..Lydi let him go...the boy is gone.

Bm A G

...Her mother struggled as she tore him from her arms

D Bm F#m7 G

Oh,..Lydia your tears are heavens rain

Bm A G

...But she never was the same.

INSTRUMENTAL: OVER VERSE

VERSE / VOCALS

D G Bm A

...She watched them pull him from the hole.

D G Bm A

...The over-alls he wore was blackened by the smoke.

G Bm A G

Lydi twice had this dream...and twice it had come true.

Bm A G

...Now, when she saw his father’s boots...she knew

BRIDGE REPEAT

OUTRO:VERSE

D G Bm A

Lydi lit a cigarette today

D G Bm A

ancient fumblin’ fingers in her way.

G Bm A G

From a forty year old coffee cup...she sipped a bit of gin,

Bm A G

...closed her eyes and let the memories in.

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