Slaid Cleaves - Lydia guitar chord
LYDIA
By Slaid Cleaves
Recorded in Eb
Capo 1st Fret
CHORD : Fm7 (242222)
INTRO: D - G - Bm - A - D
VERSE ONE
D G Bm A
Lydi lit a cigarette today
D G Bm A
ancient fumblin’ fingers in her way.
G Bm A G
From a forty year old coffee cup...she sipped a bit of gin,
Bm A G
..closed her eyes and let the memories in.
VERSE TWO
D G Bm A
She lives in the old place all alone.
D G Bm A
Keeps in touch with neighbors by the phone.
G Bm A G
Grows roses on the graves of her first born and his father,
Bm A G
...and the coal trucks never bothered her
BRIDGE
D Bm F#m7 G
Oh,..Lydi let him go...the boy is gone.
Bm A G
...Her mother struggled as she tore him from her arms
D Bm F#m7 G
Oh,..Lydia your tears are heavens rain
Bm A G
...But she never was the same.
VERSE TWO
D G Bm A
...The cotton dress...the satin shoes.
D G Bm A
...Indian summer’s sun....dressed in amber hues.
G Bm A G
...Spending time with a coal miners son.
Bm A G
...To an old-time fiddle tune.
VERSE THREE
D G Bm A
...Months blew by like a breeze...that year.
D G Bm A
...They wed in June...and by the fall a boy was here.
G Bm A G
Word came down from Bigstone...there’s a fire in the mine.
Bm A G
...and eleven men they couldn’t find.
BRIDGE
D Bm F#m7 G
Oh,..Lydi let him go...the boy is gone.
Bm A G
...Her mother struggled as she tore him from her arms
D Bm F#m7 G
Oh,..Lydia your tears are heavens rain
Bm A G
...But she never was the same.
INSTRUMENTAL: OVER VERSE
VERSE / VOCALS
D G Bm A
...She watched them pull him from the hole.
D G Bm A
...The over-alls he wore was blackened by the smoke.
G Bm A G
Lydi twice had this dream...and twice it had come true.
Bm A G
...Now, when she saw his father’s boots...she knew
BRIDGE REPEAT
OUTRO:VERSE
D G Bm A
Lydi lit a cigarette today
D G Bm A
ancient fumblin’ fingers in her way.
G Bm A G
From a forty year old coffee cup...she sipped a bit of gin,
Bm A G
...closed her eyes and let the memories in.