Lucy Skidmore chords by Cousin Joe Twoshacks

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:

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Seven hours out of Detroit
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read my Bible on a train
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I didn't plan to get off at Alto, I didn't plan to give away my name
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Last stop before Grand Rapids, why has the lord forsaken me
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She spotted me from the platform and she said mister you're gonna marry me


Chorus 1:

D MajorD        G+G  A augmentedA    D MajorD       G+G    A augmentedA
I don't love you Lucy Skidmore please do not take my name
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I don't love you Lucy Skidmore, please put me back on that train

Verse 2:

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She's big and loud and funny
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Legs like an old oak tree
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She starts to drinking well she's just big and loud and mean
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She said I name this town Alto, it means do not fuck with me
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We are going down to the church right now where you could drown in Plat-Lake Creak and I will see to it


Chorus 2:

D MajorD        G+G  A augmentedA    D MajorD       G+G    A augmentedA
I don't love you Lucy Skidmore please do not take my name
D MajorD        G+G  A augmentedA     B minorBm         G+G    A augmentedA
I don't love you Lucy Skidmore, please put me back on that train


Verse 3:

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We were married for 50 years, before the lord called her home
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I visit her grave every day so she wont be alone
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We had some bad time but we had some good
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I sure do miss her cooking, I didn't treat her like I should


Chorus 3:

D MajorD     G+G  A augmentedA    D MajorD      G+G    A augmentedA
I love you Lucy Skidmore why has God forsaken me
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He took the only thing that ever mattered my misses Lucy Skidmore
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Cause I love you Lucy Skidmore I am proud you took my name
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