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Lydia by Margo Price

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Intro:

Gm   Cm   C   Gm
                
Gm   Cm   C   Gm
                



Verse 1:
Gm        
  At the clinic wondering what your face would be like
   Cm              
Mascara bleeding to my eyes
  C                                         Gm               
Tied like a dog on a chain with a midlife crisis and an ex husband
Gm                                                                       Cm  
  Sneaking a Marlboro Ultra Light I stole from a nurse out there in the alley
 C                                          Gm     
Halfway home is where the heart is and I'm halfway home
Gm                                             Cm  
  White trash, trailer trash, they said you'd always be it

And you said, 'one day you'll see.'
     C                                       Gm  
But lately you start to wonder if they were right
Gm
  Spit on you at school outside
                        Cm
In the locker room and bathroom too
 C                   
Locked you in the stall
                              Gm
Bless this mess, can I bum a light?

Verse 2:
Gm                                                       Cm     
  The cars out on the LA Freeway they look like red and light Christmas lights strung out on a chain
    C                                    Gm  
The ex virgin Mary of 49th street has a pocket full of pills
Gm                                            Cm   
  She sold herself for synthetic heroin and sleeping with a man about twice her age
 C                                  Gm  
Really though it was anything but sleeping
Gm               Cm
  Nice neighbors,  bad cough
C                                     Gm
  No health insurance this year, transitional neighborhood
Gm                                                   Cm   
  Gentrification comes like it always does and some nice condos they Go in
          C                                 Gm    
But the needles in the alley they're still laying there
Gm
  Don't Go barefoot or take a nap out there
       Cm   
Wear shoes if you have um
 C                      
Undercover methadone clinic
          Gm  
Children close your eyes

Verse 3:
Gm                                       Cm  
  Say a lullaby and think of a nursery rhyme
                            
Or maybe something your mama used to tell you when you were trying to sleep
 C                                          Gm   
Jill fell down when the bow breaks oh the cradle will fall
 Gm                                             
Down will come baby, down will come baby, down will come baby
Cm  
  Put out the cigarette
C                                   Gm
  Just make a decision Lydia, just make a decision

It's yours

Interlude:
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Verse 4:
Gm       
  Close your eyes and make a wish
           Cm  
Hear the whisper of God
            C                                        
He used to talk like you, you used to see his face in the clouds
                Gm   
Now I see your face in my mind
Gm 
  It's wrong for him to want it
 Cm          
Bless this mess, brush your hair
 C                                      Gm            
Fix yourself up real nice you've got a show tonight

Verse 5:
Gm                                                 Cm 
  Singing down at the Broken Bottle, half waiting shifts
         C                                                 Gm     
Get the guys a couple of beers
Go on get the food, living off tips and meth
Gm                                        Cm
  Then I came home after dancin' one night  
                                               C                       Gm    
And I wrecked my car and you have to take the bus now so you've got a long walk to think about it
Gm      
  A long walk to the station
Cm                      C            
  A long life ahead to live with yourself
                   Gm  
So think about it Lydia
C                 Gm
  Think about it Lydia
C    Gm