Lydia
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Lydie lit a cigarette today
Ancient fumbling fingers in her way
From a forty year old coffee cup she sipped a bit of gin
Closed her eyes and let the memories in.
She lives in the old place all alone,
Keeps in touch with neighbors by the phone
Grows roses on the graves of her firstborn and his father
And the coal trucks never bother her
Oh Lydie, let him go the boy is gone
Her mother struggled as she tore him from her arms
Oh Lydia your tears are heavens rain
But she never was the same
A cotton dress and satin shoes
Indian summer sun, dressed in amber hues
Spending time with a coal miners son
To an old time fiddle tune
The months went by just like a breeze that year,
They wed in June, and by the fall the boy was here
Word come down from Big Stone, theres a fire in the mine
And eleven men they couldnt find
She watched them pull him from the hole,
The overalls he wore were blackened by the smoke,
Lydie twice had had this dream and twice it had come true
And when she saw his fathers boots she knew.
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Readable chord sheet for Lydia by Slaid Cleaves
[D] [G] [Bm] [A] [D]Lydie lit a [G]cigarett[Bm]e today[A] [D]Ancient fumbling [G]fingers i[Bm]n her [A]way From a f[G]orty year old c[Bm]offee cup she s[A]ipped a bit of [G]gin [Bm]Closed her e[A]yes and let the [G]memories in. She lives in the old place all alone, Keeps in touch with neighbors by the phone Grows roses on the graves of her firstborn and his father And the coal trucks never bother her [D]Oh L[Bm]ydie, let him g[A]o the boy is [G]gone [Bm]Her mother s[A]truggled as she [G]tore him from her arms [D]Oh L[Bm]ydia your t[A]ears are heavens[G] rain [Bm]But she n[A]ever was the [G]same A cotton dress and satin shoes Indian summer sun, dressed in amber hues Spending time with a coal miners son To an old time fiddle tune The months went by just like a breeze that year, They wed in June, and by the fall the boy was here Word come down from Big Stone, theres a fire in the mine And eleven men they couldnt find She watched them pull him from the hole, The overalls he wore were blackened by the smoke, Lydie twice had had this dream and twice it had come true And when she saw his fathers boots she knew.