Chords with lyrics
Intro: E MajorE A augmentedA BB (x4)
verse 1:
BB F#F# BB F#F#
I like to think about the time I met you,
BB F#F# BB F#F#
Living with your people down in New Orleans.
BB F#F# BB F#F#
Mad at your mama cause she'd never let you,
BB F#F# BB
Ride in no nasty limousine.
Pre-Chorus
E MajorE G# minorG#m
Later on the levee with the moon up above,
E MajorE F#F#
I lost my heart and confessed my love,
E MajorE BB F#F# BB
Oh now Lucy, said, God have mercy, I've got to stop thinkin' 'bout that, somehow.
Break:
E, A, BB E MajorE A augmentedA BB
Does me no damn good.
E, A, BB
E, A, BB
verse 2:
BB F#F# BB F#F#
One Summer night in a field of wheat,
BB F#F# BB F#F#
God's sweet lanterns hanging in the sky.
BB F#F# BB F#F#
Moving light on your tiny feet,
BB F#F# BB
I knew I had to love you till the day I die.
Pre-Chorus
E MajorE G# minorG#m
They talk about Amazing Grace,
E MajorE F#F#
it meant something when I saw your face.
E MajorE BB F#F# BB
Oh now Lucy, said, God have mercy, I've got to stop thinkin' 'bout that
E MajorE BB F#F# BB
Oh, Lucy said, I can't stop thinkin' bout you.
Bridge:
Eb MajorEb
I think of all the little things that I never told you,
BB
I think I may get to hold you someday.
Eb MajorEb
It's my brain just like a man possessed,
E MajorE F#F#
I can't do me no work, I can't get me no rest,
Break:
E MajorE A augmentedA BB
I can't understand it baby.
E MajorE A augmentedA BB (x3)
verse 3:
BB F#F# BB F#F#
Don't like to think about the way it ended,
BB F#F# BB F#F#
I hate remembering the things that I said.
BB F#F# BB F#F#
I dream a dream of love so splendid,
BB F#F# BB
I wake up hard in an empty bed.
Pre-Chorus
E MajorE G# minorG#m
I wonder who'll be loving you next,
E MajorE F#F#
Some fool will be writing bad checks.
E MajorE BB F#F# BB
Oh now Lucy, said, God have mercy, I've got to stop thinkin' 'bout you
E MajorE BB F#F# BB
Somehow baby, Lord have mercy, I've got to stop thinkin' 'bout that
Outro:
E, A, BB