Beachbird - The Ballad Of Lucy Gray Baird Chords

Intro: Em C Am G Em C Am G*
 
        Em                               C
When I was a babe I fell down in the holler
        Am                         G
When I was a girl I fell into your arms
       Em                                        C
We fell on hard times and we lost our bright color
        Am                                   G
You went to the dogs and I lived by my charms
 
      Em                                            C
I danced for my dinner, spread kisses like honey
        Am                                         G
You stole and you gambled and I said you should
         Em                                               C
We sang for our suppers and we drank up our money
          Am                                    G
Then one day you left, saying I was no good
 
           Em                                         C
Well, all right, I'm bad, but then, you're no prize either
         Am                                  G
All right, I'm bad, but then, that's nothing new
        Em                                             C
You say you won't love me, well I won't love you neither
         Am                                 G
Just let me remind you who I am to you
 
          Em                                        C
'Cause I am the one who looks out when you're leaping
       Am                                       G
And I am the one who knows how you were brave
       Em                                       C
And I am the one who knows what you said sleeping
     Am                                         G
I'll take that and more when I go to my grave
 
      Em                                  C
It's sooner than later that I'm six feet under
       Am                                 G
It's sooner than later that you'll be alone
        Em                                C
So who will you turn to tomorrow, I wonder
        Am                                       G
For when the bell rings, lover, you're on your own
 
    Em                              C
I am the one who you let see you weeping
     Am                                 G
I know the soul that you struggle to save
        Em                                     C
Too bad I'm the bet that you lost in the reaping
           Am                                  G
Now what will you do when I go to my grave?
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