Once I Was A Lady
Lucky Fonz IiiVersion1
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Once I was a lady, dressed in black and blue
Used to walk the boulevard, cause that's what ladies do
My nails were always polished, my secrets always hid
I just did whatever it was that all the other ladies did
at nighttime around my bedside I keep a million lights
one for every soldier who fought the war and died
for my husband is a landlord whose eyes are full of greed
and his army full of young men whom he never even sees
But now I am somebody else with golden books upon my shelves and diamonds
on my mind
Strolling through the woods at night to find the little bits of light
others leave behind
Once I was a soldier in the army of some lord
I have never even seen him, I just got paid to hold his sword
I kept my armour shiny and I kept my secrets hid
and whatever I was told to do, that is what I did
when I think about it now it's hard for me to say
whether I had a choice in life to do the things my way
because by the time I heard about that lady's bedside state
I had already gone far too far, it was already too late
But now I am somebody else with golden books upon my shelves and diamonds
on my mind
Strolling through the woods at night to find the little bits of light
others leave behind
Once I was a student, I had to pick up my degree
And I thought about the years gone by, the years that numbered
three
How things that had seemed important turned out to be a joke
And things that had seemed natural had all gone up in smoke
Earlier a crowd had come to see me win my prize
I felt like I deserved it, it was justice in my eyes
but the only thing that I could think was 'what am I gonna do?
when all of this is over, when my days of hope are through?'
But now I am somebody else with golden books upon my shelves and diamonds
on my mind
Strolling through the woods at night to find the little bits of light
others leave behind
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Readable chord sheet for Once I Was A Lady by Lucky Fonz Iii
[A]Once I was a lady, [E]dressed in black and [A]blue [A]Used to walk the boulevard, cause [B]that's what ladies [E]do [A]My nails were always polished, [D]my secrets alwa[A]ys hid [A]I just did whatever it was that all the [E]other ladies [A]did at nighttime around my bedside I keep a million lights one for every soldier who fought the war and died for my husband is a landlord whose eyes are full of greed and his army full of young men whom he never even sees But [F#m]now I am somebody else with golden books upon my shelves and dia[D]monds on [A]my mind [F#m]Strolling through the woods at night to find the little bits of light [D]others leave beh[E]ind [A]Once I was a soldier in the [E]army of some [A]lord [A]I have never even seen him, I just got [B]paid to hold his [E]sword [A]I kept my armour shiny and I [D]kept my secrets hid[A] [A]and whatever I was told to do, [E]that is what I[A] did [A]when I think about it now it's [E]hard for me to [A]say [A]whether I had a choice in life to [B]do the things my [E]way because [A]by the time I heard about that [D]lady's bedside [A]state [A]I had already gone far too far, it was [E]already too [A]late But [F#m]now I am somebody else with golden books upon my shelves and dia[D]monds on [A]my mind [F#m]Strolling through the woods at night to find the little bits of light [D]others leave beh[E]ind [A]Once I was a student, I had to [E]pick up my [A]degree And I [A]thought about the years gone by, the [B]years that numbered [E]three How [A]things that had seemed important turned [D]out to be a joke And [A]things that had seemed natural had [E]all gone up in [A]smoke Earlier a crowd had come to see me win my prize I felt like I deserved it, it was justice in my eyes but the only thing that I could think was 'what am I gonna do? when all of this is over, when my days of hope are through?' But [F#m]now I am somebody else with golden books upon my shelves and dia[D]monds on [A]my mind [F#m]Strolling through the woods at night to find the little bits of light [D]others leave beh[E]ind